Windows Phone Thoughts: Microsoft, MIPS Form Alliance for Digital Media Devices

If you thought MIPS on CE was dead, you were wrong -- it's only dead on the Pocket PC platform. In fact, this announcement was the kickoff to the "MIPS and Microsoft Executive Summit". I wonder what devices we'll actually see hitting the market.

"A number of chip manufacturers will be part of an alliance announced Wednesday by Microsoft Corp. and MIPS Technologies Inc. to design digital media devices based on Windows CE .Net and the MIPS processor core, the companies said.

The companies are looking at designs for digital televisions, digital set-top boxes and other consumer entertainment devices featuring the operating system/processor core combination, said Kevin Meyer, vice president of marketing for MIPS, based in Mountain View, California."