MIPS appoints former Cavium exec as CEO

LONDON — Processor intellectual property licensor MIPS Technologies Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has announced the appointment of Sandeep Vij as president, chief executive officer and director, replacing interim CEO Anthony Holbrook who will continue to serve as chairman.

Sandeep Vij

Holbrook was appointed interim CEO when John Bourgoin, long-time leader of the company, retired at the end of December 2009.

Prior to joining MIPS, Vij was vice president and general manager of the broadband and consumer division of Cavium Networks, a MIPS architecture licensee and vendor of networking chips.

Vij was on the executive staff of FPGA vendor Xilinx prior to joining Cavium. Vij spent 12 years at Xilinx including time as vice president and general manager of its general products division. He also held the position of vice president of worldwide marketing, services and support, where he was responsible for Xilinx's worldwide marketing, business operations and support activities across all divisions, products, end markets, channels and geographies. Prior to Xilinx, Vij spent five years at Altera. Vij holds an MSEE from Stanford University and a BSEE from San Jose State University.

"We anticipate a seamless transition as Sandeep leverages his wealth of experience to not only carry on MIPS' tradition of providing the number one processor architecture for the digital home, but also drive the company in new directions," said Holbrook, in a statement.