 MIPS-X has become important among DVD player firmware hackers, since many DVD players (especially low-end devices) use chips based on the IIT design (and produced by ESS Technology) as their central processor.Devices such as the ESS VideoDrive SoC also include a DSP (co-processor) for decoding MPEG audio and video streams.The Programmer's Manual describes the hsc instruction [halt and spontaneously combust].