The minimalist approach has helped MIPS find licensees selling processor for networking devices and other embedded devices.

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Otherwise, the GX70 is superficially similar to its ancestor with that chunky profile, an unnamed Richland-based AMD A10 processor, Killer networking and a SteelSeries keyboard.

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The changes were designed to focus the company on creating groups of products that work together to meet the needs of specific end markets, such as the way Intel bundled a laptop processor with wireless networking technologies to create its Centrino brand.

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