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Tag: Imagination Technologies

Behind the scenes of Imagination Technologies’ company-saving deal with Apple

Monday, January 27, 2020 10:28 am2 Comments

It’s been a very rocky few years for Imagination Technologies. Then, on January 2, 2020, Imagination announced a new, company-saving deal with Apple …

Apple strikes new deal with U.K. chip designer

Thursday, January 2, 2020 8:45 am5 Comments

Apple previously used graphics chips or GPUs in its iPhones and iPads that were designed by Imagination Technologies, but it moved to its own internal chip designs..

Apple still holds the fate of Imagination Technologies one year on

Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:01 pmTuesday, October 9, 20184 Comments

Imagination is continuing to lose staff to Apple…

The pros and cons of Apple A-Series MacBooks

Friday, September 29, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, September 29, 201731 Comments

Apple wants, and has the resources, to control the design of all of the important semiconductors in its products…

Apple, a semiconductor superpower in the making, looks to build their own ARM-based processors for Macs

Friday, September 29, 2017 11:00 amFriday, September 29, 201723 Comments

Apple is expanding efforts to develop proprietary semiconductors to better compete in artificial intelligence…

Chinese government-backed fund targets Imagination Technologies for takeover

Monday, July 24, 2017 10:27 amMonday, July 24, 20173 Comments

The troubled British microchip ­designer Imagination Technologies has become a takeover target…

Apple escalates feud, sets up new UK office on Imagination’s doorstep

Monday, July 10, 2017 10:28 amMonday, July 10, 201719 Comments

Apple has raised the stakes in its bitter stand-off with Imagination Technologies by opening…

Apple fires back at Imagination Tech in contract dispute

Friday, July 7, 2017 9:57 am4 Comments

When the iPhone supplier Imagination Technologies Group Plc announced in April that Apple Inc…

Imagination Technologies attacks Apple’s homegrown GPU plans

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 2:25 pmWednesday, July 5, 20176 Comments

Imagination Technologies, the British-based technology firm that has long licensed the GPU tech…

It took just 81 days for this chipmaker to die after Apple dumped them

Thursday, June 22, 2017 3:05 pm8 Comments

The British firm that supplied the designs for Apple’s graphics chips is up for sale…

Former Apple supplier Imagination Technologies puts itself up for sale

Thursday, June 22, 2017 9:58 amThursday, June 22, 201718 Comments

Imagination Technologies, the British firm that lost 70 percent of its value after being ditched by Apple…

Apple silicon and Machine Learning

Monday, June 12, 2017 1:01 pmMonday, June 12, 2017No Comments

When Apple introduced its 64-bit A7 processor in September, 2013, they caught the industry by surprise…

Why CIO’s must understand Apple’s Neural Engine plan

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:06 am3 Comments

One day, soon, your Apple iPhone will be able to figure out when you’re going to get sick…

Apple is working on ‘Apple Neural Engine,’ a dedicated chip to power AI directly on devices

Saturday, May 27, 2017 11:40 amSaturday, May 27, 20177 Comments

Apple Inc. got an early start in artificial intelligence software with the 2011 introduction of Siri…

Imagination Technology starts dispute process with Apple

Thursday, May 4, 2017 10:56 amThursday, May 4, 201710 Comments

Imagination Technologies said it had started a ‘dispute resolution procedure’ with Apple…

Why Samsung’s Galaxy S8 can’t go core-to-core with Apple’s iPhone 7

Friday, April 21, 2017 4:31 pm11 Comments

iPhone 7 doesn’t just keep up with the twice-as-many cores in Galaxy S8…

UBS: Imagination likely to see Apple royalties slashed, then cease altogether

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:25 amWednesday, April 19, 20173 Comments

UBS analysts predicted that Imagination would become loss-making by fiscal 2019…

It’s getting even tougher to be an Apple supplier

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:29 amWednesday, April 19, 20175 Comments

Imagination Technologies Group Plc discovered how fickle life can be as an Apple Inc. supplier…

Why is Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro taking so long?

Tuesday, April 18, 2017 11:34 am27 Comments

So if you take Apple at its word, the next Mac Pro is being developed as we speak…

Cupertino’s custom silicon: On the Apple G-series and the next 20 letters left

Thursday, April 13, 2017 11:28 amThursday, April 13, 20173 Comments

Apple has achieved significant advantages through owning its own silicon. But where can it go next?

Without Apple, Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR has no future

Monday, April 10, 2017 5:30 pmMonday, April 10, 201710 Comments

At this point, anybody with even a cursory interest in technology stocks has probably heard…

Apple steps up homegrown GPU plans with London hiring spree

Sunday, April 9, 2017 11:38 am16 Comments

Apple is embarking on a hiring spree in London as it ramps up efforts to develop…

Why Apple’s ditching of Imagination is critical for the future of the iPhone – and maybe even the Mac

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 11:28 amWednesday, April 5, 201710 Comments

British company Imagination Tech announced earlier this week that Apple will stop using…

Apple aims for more control, less cost as it accelerates in chip design

Wednesday, April 5, 2017 10:44 amWednesday, April 5, 20173 Comments

In the clearest example yet of the iPhone maker’s determination to take greater control of the core technologies…

Apple could look to buy Imagination Technologies after ditching the chip firm, share price plunge

Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:58 pmTuesday, April 4, 201713 Comments

Apple’s announcement to ditch the graphics chips designed by Imagination Technologies…

Apple supplier Imagination raises prospect of patent infringement lawsuit as shares implode

Monday, April 3, 2017 12:03 pmMonday, April 3, 20171 Comment

A small but critical Apple Inc. supplier here is raising the prospect of a patent fight…

Imagination Technologies’ shares collapse after Apple dumps UK chip designer

Monday, April 3, 2017 10:25 amMonday, April 3, 20178 Comments

Shares in chipmaker Imagination Technologies plunged over 60 percent on Monday after the British company…

Apple nabs top talent from iPhone 7 GPU chipmaker Imagination Technologies

Thursday, October 13, 2016 3:00 pmThursday, October 13, 20165 Comments

Apple is siphoning talent from one of its key partners, Imagination Technologies, which makes the graphics chip…

After failed takeover talks with Apple, Imagination Technologies sells stake to state-owned Chinese company

Monday, May 9, 2016 4:01 pmMonday, May 9, 20168 Comments

Tsinghua Unigroup International has purchased a stake in Imagination Technologies…

Possible OS X futures – two things we learned this week

Friday, March 25, 2016 5:35 pmFriday, March 25, 201623 Comments

The ‘Pro’ as in Mac Pro may in fact be headed towards the cloud itself…

Apple in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 10:05 am6 Comments

Apple is in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire British chip design company Imagination Technologies…

Apple building its own GPU

Thursday, December 10, 2015 10:16 am16 Comments

Apple has been quietly working behind the scenes to create its own GPU…

Why doesn’t Apple buy AMD?

Thursday, April 3, 2014 2:02 pmThursday, April 3, 201412 Comments

Among investors in Advanced Micro Devices, there is a pretty continual discussion…

Imagination unveils 192-core mobile GPU; could appear in future Apple iPhones, iPads

Monday, February 24, 2014 11:55 am6 Comments

PowerVR graphics processors are a key component of Apple’s iOS devices…

Imagination Technologies extends its multi-year licensing agreement with Apple; shares surge

Thursday, February 6, 2014 11:12 am1 Comment

magination Technologies Group has announced that Apple has extended…

Apple expected to go Rogue with next-gen iPhone’s super-fast graphics

Monday, April 8, 2013 11:38 am17 Comments

As Imagination Technologies extends its range of licensable Series6 GPU cores…

‘Breakthrough Apple product’ looming? Imagination Technologies and TSMC strengthen technology collaboration

Monday, March 25, 2013 9:49 am12 Comments

Imagination will work closely with TSMC to develop highly optimised reference design…

Will Apple make the switch to ARM’s new ‘Mali’ GPU for future iOS devices?

Thursday, August 9, 2012 6:04 pmThursday, August 9, 201210 Comments

To date, Apple has been using Imagination Technologies GPU for iOS devices…

Apple’s 20x faster future iPhone 5, iPad 3 graphics promise

Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:32 pmThursday, January 12, 201225 Comments

Imagine you were the company which invented the PC, revolutionized the smartphone and created the tablet industry…

GPU candidates for Apple’s future iPad, iPhone, TVs are 20 times more powerful

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:00 pmTuesday, January 10, 20123 Comments

Imagination Technologies announced on Tuesday that its next-generation PowerVR Series6…

Apple Going Rogue? Next-gen of graphics processor inside Apple’s iPhone, iPad now being licensed

Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:24 am4 Comments

Imagination Technologies is now licensing its PowerVR Series6 mobile graphics…

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