MIPS Products

MIPS32™ 4Kc® Hard IP Core

The MIPS32™ 4Kc™ Hard Core is a technology-specific implementationof the synthesizable 32-bit MIPS32 4Kc core. The implementation is targeted forthe SMIC 0.18um process. Chip developers or system OEMs who are building complexSystem-On-Chip ASIC devices can significantly reduce design time, resources,and time-to-market by using the 4Kc SMIC Hard Core.

  • MIPS32® 4Kc® hard IP core offers performance of 190 MHz and allows designers to significantly reduce design time, efficiently use resources, and quickly get to market.
  • Based on MIPS32 architecture for high performance.
  • 8KB Instruction and 8KB Data cache
  • TLB and register files arrays reduce power consumption without reducing application performance.
  • Enhanced JTAG (EJTAG) debug with trace and fast download enable quick and easy debugging.
  • Testability features include BIST and full scan
  • All major operating systems and compiler tool chains, and hundreds of third-party development tools, support the MIPS architecture.


Hard IP Core

  • 190 MHz at .18 SMIC with 5-layer or 6-layer metal
  • 8K/8K Instructions and Data Caches

32-bit MIPS32 enhanced architecture

  • 32-bit address and data paths

Memory-management unit

  • 16 dual-entry JTLB

Fixed Caches

  • 8K/8K instruction and data caches
  • 2-way set-associative

Integer multiply/divide unit

  • Fast MDU
  • Maximum issue rate of one 32x16 multiply per clock
  • Maximum issue rate of one 32x32 multiply every other clock

Power control

  • Minimum frequency: 0 MHz
  • Power-down mode (triggered by WAIT instruction)
  • TLB and register file arrays include use of clock gating

EJTAG debug

  • Support for single stepping
  • Virtual instruction and data address breakpoints

Development support

  • MIPS® SDE GNU based toolchain, MIPSsim™ Instruction Set Simulator,
    MIPS DSP Library. These tools are licensed for Windows, Linux and
    Solaris operating systems
  • A complete offering of third-party development tools


Process0.18µm SMIC process
Frequency*190 MHz1
Core Size3.42 sq. mm including caches

*Frequency measured under worst case conditions (SS process corner, Vdd nom - 10%, Tj=125 oC) and with perfect input clock


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