MIPS Appoints Michael Zirngibl as Vice President of Business Development to Accelerate EMEA Growth

Expansion of EMEA operations signals strong focus on Automotive, Industrial, and Communications Infrastructure market growth, leveraging the industry-leading MIPS Atlas Portfolio of RISC-V IP

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, announced today that Michael Zirngibl has joined as Vice President, Business Development for EMEA. In this role, Michael will lead business expansion across the region, building on his extensive background in automotive, industrial, and communications infrastructure sectors to support MIPS mission to advance the next wave of physical AI.

“Michael joining MIPS today highlights the opportunity for MIPS technology in physical AI platforms,” said Sameer Wasson, MIPS CEO. “His proven record in forging key relationships and combination of technical and business expertise will be the foundation of MIPS future growth in EMEA. Expanding our regional capabilities is critical to delivering processor IP at foundry scale, as only MIPS can do.”

Michael’s appointment reinforces MIPS’ commitment to expanding its presence across EMEA by building operations in multiple countries. With more than 23 years of semiconductor industry experience, he brings a unique combination of technical expertise and commercial insight into markets that are critical to MIPS' future growth.

“The MIPS Atlas portfolio is the essential technology stack for physical AI and is well-aligned with industry needs to deliver new platforms for automotive, industrial and telecommunications,” said Michael Zirngibl. “I am excited to join at this pivotal stage of edge AI adoption and look forward to working with the talented team at MIPS as we continue to build our customer presence in the region.”

Sameer and Michael will attend the upcoming RISC-V Automotive Day in Munich, Germany, on September 9, 2025, where Sameer will speak about the challenges and solutions of automotive platforms adopting AI. For more information, please visit the event website. For more information on MIPS P8700 processor IP, the first RISC-V multi-threaded processor certified for automotive use, read our latest blog here, and whitepaper on using P8700 for ADAS, here.

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MIPS, a GlobalFoundries company, is the leading provider of RISC-V processor IP for edge AI and embedded computing. With a 40-year heritage in RISC computing innovation and safety capable processing, MIPS is uniquely positioned to advance Physical AI in industrial robotics, automotive applications, and more. MIPS technology is based on the open, modular RISC-V instruction set architecture. For more information, please visit MIPS.com.