More growth in the Android ecosystem with launch of MIPS developer community

MIPS has announced the launch of Developer.MIPS.com, a site “tailored to the needs of software developers working with the Android^TM platform, Linux operating system and other applications for MIPS-Based^TM hardware“. In launching the new online community, MIPS joins a growing list of processor IP and device manufacturers with sites dedicated to supporting Android development on their hardware platforms.

Other processor manufacturers with Android developer sites include:

• ARM’s Solution Center for Android
• Texas Instruments’ E2E Android Forum
• Qualcomm’s Developer Network
• Intel and the Android-x86 project

Acoording to MIPS, on their site you can find resources including:

• Android on MIPS source code, porting instructions, a native development kit (NDK) for Android applications development on MIPS, and other Android resources
• Linux on MIPS resources including kernel source code
• Downloadable development tools including the MIPS Navigator^TM Integrated Component Suite (ICS) integrated development environment and GCC compilers for MIPS
• How-to video tutorials for MIPS Navigator ICS including the “Multicore Debug Series”
• Access to EJTAG debugger tools
• Information about MIPS-Based development boards
• Application notes and support forums for Android, Linux and developer tools
• Blog postings from MIPS development engineers on developer-specific topics such as kernels, performance tuning and debug tips/tricks
• Links to other MIPS community sites including mipsandroid.org and linux-mips.org
• Information about other MIPS ecosystem companies and resources