Ali Corp lines up first MIPS SoC in years, adds watermarks, TEE

Taiwanese set top chip builder Ali Corp is chasing after Broadcom clients and the clients of its many Chinese imitators, with an implementation of a MIPS architecture SoC video streaming chip for 4K content. Ali Corp began its life around the MIPS architecture in a relationship which goes back to 2007, but all of its advanced chips in recent years have been built around the ARM architecture. Since Imagination Technologies has acquired the MIPs business in late 2013, it has been trying to breathe new life into the architecture, and yet we have seen more and more set tops shift towards ARM, including many new Broadcom designs. China has many cheaper MIPS based set top chips from local suppliers and…