MIPS Technologies Reports First Quarter 2007 Revenue and Expected Restatement
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Oct 25, 2006 12:24PM
Contract and Royalty Revenues Show Strong Growth
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, networking,
personal entertainment, communications and business applications, today
reported revenue results for its first quarter of fiscal 2007, ended Sept.
30, 2006 and also provided an update on the investigation of historical
stock-based compensation practices by a special committee of independent
directors.
First Quarter Revenue
Revenue in the first quarter was $19.7 million, an increase of 8
percent over the prior quarter revenue of $18.3 million, and an increase of
65 percent from the $11.9 million in revenue reported in the first fiscal
quarter a year ago.
Revenue from royalties was $11.2 million, an increase of 8 percent over
the $10.4 million reported in the prior quarter and an increase of 39
percent from the $8.1 million reported in the first quarter a year ago.
Contract revenue was $8.5 million, an increase of 7 percent from the $7.9
million reported in the prior quarter and an increase of 119 percent from
the $3.9 million reported in the first quarter a year ago.
As previously announced, MIPS formed a special committee of independent
members of its Board of Directors to review the Company's historical option
grant practices and the Company's accounting for its option grants. Due to
the continuing internal investigation, MIPS is not releasing first quarter
fiscal 2007 earnings at this time.
"We had an excellent first quarter, with revenue up 65 percent
year-over- year; this is the highest revenue level since early 2001," said
John Bourgoin, president and CEO. "MIPS earned strong royalties from three
key market segments: digital TV, consumer, and broadband. Our strength in
those and other markets drove MIPS-Based(TM) unit shipments to 90 million
last quarter, continuing our impressive royalty growth."