AI then and now
The terms and products have changed but the quest hasn’t.
Imagination GPU joins SiFive CPU and in-house NPU in Eswin RISC-V edge computing SoC
RISC-V and a GPU, like chocolate and peanut butter—what could be better?
Imagination re-enters PC market with high-performance DirectX GPU IP line
IMG DXD is a scalable GPU IP for desktop, laptop, and cloud gaming.
Imagination gets down—enters the really low-power realm
Chasing Think Silicon in the underworld of wearables.
Imagination adds a half level
Ray tracing proves to not be static.
Imagination Technologies penetrates the RISC-V ecosphere
It's RISC, not Risk Frankwell Lin, Andes Technology Corporation, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO Andes Technology Corporation, founded in 2005, is a Taiwanese supplier of 32-/64-bit embedded CPU cores and a founding Premier member of RISC-V International Association. The company focuses on the embedded market and delivers CPU cores with an integrated development environments and associated software and hardware for … Read more
Imagination gets into the board of RISC-V development
Imagination Technologies announced that Shanghai-based StarFive, a RISC-V developer-board supplier, has licensed the IMG B-Series GPU IP to support its latest RISC-V single-board computer (SBC). Imagination thinks the collaboration will help grow the RISC-V ecosystem. StarFive is including Imagination’s GPU in the production version of its $119/$149 85mm × 70mm BeagleV AI single-board computer, announced in January 2021. StarFive says … Read more
GPU developments of 2020
This is a summary of GPU developments for 2020 and includes announcements by the leading GPU suppliers.
Imagination Technologies new B-series multi-core GPU IP
Late last year, Imagination Technologies introduced its IMG A-Series. At the time, they said it was their most important GPU launch since the mobile PowerVR GPU, 15 years ago. Now, 11 months later, the company says it has topped itself and announced the IMG B-Series—a new expanded range of GPU IP. Imagination says the B-series multi-core lets customers reduce … Read more
Imagination under UK government scrutiny
When Canyon Bridge Partners, which is owned by China Reforma Chinese state-owned investment fund, sought to buy Imagination Technologies in 2017, Theresa May's government approved the acquisition on the basis that Canyon Bridge was licensed and regulated by US law. When the Trump administration blocked Canyon Bridge’s attempted acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor in September 2017, Canyon Bridge moved its headquarters … Read more
Imagination under UK government scrutiny
Canyon Bridge violated the deal
UNISOC and Imagination strategic cooperation on AI
Imagination Technologies announced that the fabless semiconductor company UNISOC has licensed Imagination’s latest generation of neural-network accelerator (NNA)