Apple's ongoing use of ImgTec PowerVR GPU IP

Or if you're pragmatic you could say that they saw that there was no market for high-end IP and that's why they didn't invest in it.

 

Not another chicken/egg dilemma LOL. Theoretically there could have been benefits in markets such as the automotive and/or low end laptop f.e.

 

There seems to be new hardware in the pipeline: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Imagination-New-Open-Graphics

 

They say it's for existing products too. And we already now their is a new family of products in the pipeline (A Series).

 

They bought two companies with shipping designs and they are a huge customers of both Intel and Arm, which gives them some leeway they lack for GPUs.

 

On a pure hypothetical basis if Apple managed to pay (besides licensing fees) either ridiculously low or no royalties at all, it sounds like a win for Apple with IMG being either way at loss here.