MIPS is a processor IP and compute company building embedded and edge AI silicon for automotive, robotics, and mission-critical systems. Its portfolio spans the MIPS RISC-V CPU families (M8500, I8500, P8700, S8200), the ARC processor and NPX/VPX accelerator lines, and development tooling such as MIPS Atlas Explorer virtual platforms and the ASIP Designer / ASIP Programmer toolchains. MIPS frames its offering around a "Sense, Think, Act, Communicate" signal chain for real-time autonomy — what it calls Physical AI at the edge. MIPS is a semiconductor IP licensor rather than a public web-API provider; this profile was surfaced as a Mayfield portfolio company and enriched with identity and probed security posture.
Mips is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Semiconductors, Processor IP, RISC-V, and Edge AI.
Mips’ developer surface includes engineering blog, developer portal, and 3 more developer resources.
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aid: mips
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commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
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source: []
generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/mips.png
name: Mips
description: MIPS is a processor IP and compute company building embedded and edge AI silicon for automotive, robotics, and
mission-critical systems. Its portfolio spans the MIPS RISC-V CPU families (M8500, I8500, P8700, S8200), the ARC processor
and NPX/VPX accelerator lines, and development tooling such as MIPS Atlas Explorer virtual platforms and the ASIP Designer
/ ASIP Programmer toolchains. MIPS frames its offering around a "Sense, Think, Act, Communicate" signal chain for real-time
autonomy — what it calls Physical AI at the edge. MIPS is a semiconductor IP licensor rather than a public web-API provider;
this profile was surfaced as a Mayfield portfolio company and enriched with identity and probed security posture.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/mips/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- mayfield
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Semiconductors
- Processor IP
- RISC-V
- Edge AI
- Embedded Systems
- Automotive
- Robotics
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/mips-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
url: https://mips.com
- type: Blog
url: https://mips.com/blog/
- type: Portal
url: https://mips.com/atlasportal/
- type: GitHubOrganization
url: https://github.com/MIPS
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-07-20'
status: minimal
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