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MIPS Moves Quickly with Android 4.0.3 and LLVM

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December 23, 2011

Android 4.0.3 came out from Google on Friday December 16th and who could resist the challenge? So, MIPS engineers picked up the release from the Google source tree and ported it to MIPS within 24 hours. In fact, they decided to push through the weekend and bring 4.0.3 up on the Ingenic/Ainol tablet. Thus we were able to give Ainol a head start towards an over the air (OTA) upgrade for tablets sold to-date plus schedule a switch over to 4.0.3 for new tablets.

But there is more here than just our dedication to supporting MIPS’ licensees and the Android community …