I couldn't find a thread that I thought was relevant, so I'm starting this one. Although not mentioned at the launch, one assumes a natural...
IMG announced today that the entire group is up for sale. In light of Apple's announced intentions to no longer pay fees to IMG in some point in...
If the following article is correct, mediatek will be using powevr in their 16nm P23...
https://www.imgtec.com/news/press-release/discussions-with-apple-regarding-license-agreement/ "Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG,...
I know digitimes is hardly even at wikipedia accuracy but they are running a story this morning, that Intel will manufacture 14nm Socs for...
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/09/09/exclusive-samsung-is-in-talks-with-nvidia-and-amd-for-gpu-technologies/ I don't know if this website has any...
Its expected that the iPad pro will become available to order end of his week. Although the volumes of A9X will be tiny compared to A9, I think...
Came across an interesting patent application from Apple....
GX5300, based on series 5, 0.55mm2 @ 28nm, specifically aimed at wearables and other small footprint applications. IMG is really starting to go...
IMG have been busy this week. I see they have passed conformance for OpenCL1.2 on Rogue "han" (I think that's 6400). Interesting that it was IMG...
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/unity-technologies-unveils-next-version-of-its-game-development-engine-to-make-thousands-of-3d-games-more-realist...
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/12/apple-samsung-sued-by-ziilabs-over-alleged-infringement-of-graphics-patents. cites 10 alleged...
Didn't Qualcomm give octo core a big thumbs down, via a comparison with the mediatek octo core ? The following article if true, would mean they...
I see IMG just announced Apple have extended their graphics and video licensing agreement....
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/01/10/a80-optimusboard-features-allwinner-octa-core-big-little-soc/ To be used in a Microsoft own brand win RT...
JPR posted some figures about GPU share. http://jonpeddie.com/publications/mobile-devices-and-the-gpus-inside/ [IMG] Which is interesting....
Not sure exactly what can take advantage of 8 concurrent cores but here's the "article"....
I can't find a thread for medfield, so decided to create a generic intel smartphone thread. Motorola just announced its first medfield based...
Renesas just announced as a Rogue Licencee. http://www.imgtec.com/corporate/newsdetail.asp?NewsID=657 Interestingly, it was thought...
Mediatek has been making big noises in China with its MT6573 Soc, that includes an unknown SGX core. Recent press announcements from them have...
I see broadcom announced that they are buying netlogic. http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4226881/Broadcom-buys-NetLogic-communications...
Over on eetimes, there is an interview with the Renesas CEO, in which he is very upbeat about their chances of taking significant market share...
Renesas Mobile to Demonstrate the Industry's First POWERVR SGX MP Enabled Mobile Application Processor at Mobile World Congress 2011....
Hey guys, Just bought a nice PC, i7 950 3.06 overclocked to 4Ghz, 6GB memory, win 64-bit professional. Then the problems begin. We have a...
A couple of months ago, IMG put a DX11 driver job vacancy on their website. I thought at the time it was strange, 'cause first of all they don't...
Microsoft announced today that they have taken an Architecture license from ARM, only 4 other companies have done this, Qualcomm, Marvell,...
With thanks to Roninja from "another place", I see NEC has announced single and dual core A9 Socs with SGX on 40nm processing....
Ok, I have a legacy in-house application that runs in a DOS box. For various reasons it isn't feasible to re-write for a windows OS. Its a...
"The bigger market, however, will be beyond the PC, when Larrabee technology is incorporated in system-on-a-chip products for handheld devices,...
Been, looking at vivante's Graphics IP solutions, they seem to have started to get a bit of traction lately, albeit with 3rd tier companies...
http://www.imgtec.com/News/Release/index.asp?NewsID=412 In what has become common-place for IMGs news releases not only does it not mention the...
IMG (Imagination Technologies) today announced a multi-year, multi-use, multi-technology "extension" to the relationship with the "electronics...
Outgoing chief operating officer for Qualcomm, Sanjay Jha had some glowing remarks about the iphone graphics and power usage:- "That rivalry...
Samsung have just released the first specs for their new Soc that was announced in Feb....
The Poulsbo chipset , now known post-IDF as the System Controller Hub (SCH), is confirmed as having SGX in it, as well as video related IMG IP....
For those that are interested in such things, TI have put up a technical reference manual on their implementation of SGX530 as found in their...
Intel have just confirmed that Their Xscale based Soc has MBXlite in it. http://www.intel.com/design/celect/2110/index.htm "The Intel CE...
With the recent announcement of collaboration between Intel an IMG in graphics, I took to comparing Intels latest X3000 graphics accelerator (as...