page_title: MIPS architecture processors
section_title: Embedded markets
hierarchical_section_title: MIPS architecture processors / History / Embedded markets
caption_attribution_description: English: Ingenic JZ4730 SoC in the Skytone Alpha 400
context_page_description: Since 1985, numerous processors implementing some version of the MIPS architecture have been designed and widely used.
context_section_description: Through the 1990s, the MIPS architecture was widely adopted by the embedded market, including for use in computer networking, telecommunications, video arcade games, video game consoles, computer printers, digital set-top boxes, digital televisions, DSL and cable modems, and personal digital assistants.
  The low power-consumption and heat characteristics of embedded MIPS implementations, the wide availability of embedded development tools, and knowledge about the architecture means use of MIPS microprocessors in embedded roles is likely to remain common.
caption: The Ingenic JZ4730 is an example for a MIPS-based SoC.
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