<s>
The	O
META	O
is	O
a	O
32-bit	O
multithreaded	B-General_Concept
microprocessor	B-Architecture
developed	O
by	O
Metagence	O
Technologies	O
Division	O
from	O
Imagination	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
version	O
of	O
META	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
META-1	O
multithreaded	B-General_Concept
DSP	O
core	O
aimed	O
for	O
audio	O
,	O
radio	O
and	O
video	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
as	O
of	O
version	O
3.9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
a	O
proposal	O
on	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
development	O
mailing	O
lists	O
to	O
remove	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
architecture	O
from	O
the	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
which	O
became	O
effective	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
4.17	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
