Imagination Technologies
Apple Signs New License Agreement with UK-Based Chipmaker Imagination Technologies
A renewed deal with Imagination Technologies could mean new chips for Apple products. According to a new report from AnandTech, UK chip designer Imagination Technologies has reached a new licensing deal with Apple, nearly three years after it was laid low by the tech group’s decision to scrap a previous agreement between the two. Imagination...
Apple Calls Imagination Technologies’ Statements ‘Inaccurate and Misleading’
Apple has apparently taken issue with Imagination Technologies statements against it, and now says that the GPU maker knew that Apple was cutting back on its technologies since 2015, well before the news went public last spring. In a statement issued to Bloomberg on Friday, Apple says that the chip designer’s response has been "inaccurate and misleading,"...
Imagination Technologies Returns to Profit Despite Apple’s ‘Unsubstantiated’ Claims
British firm Imagination Technologies saw its shares jump today as it posted a return to profits and said preliminary discussions with potential bidders are continuing, although the chip maker added that it has made no progress in its royalties dispute with tech giant Apple. According to a report from The Telegraph, the group swung to a...
Embattled Former Apple Chip Supplier Imagination Technologies Put Itself Up For Sale
Trouble-struck British chip designer Imagination Technologies has confirmed it is for sale amid an ongoing dispute with Apple that has crushed its valuation on the London Stock Exchange, reads a new report from Reuters. The British firm that supplied the designs for Apple’s graphics chips announced that it is up for sale less than three months...
Imagination Technologies Launches ‘Dispute Resolution’ Against Apple
Imagination Technologies has launched a "dispute resolution procedure" against Apple, after it was unable to come to an agreement with the smartphone manufacturer on the terms of a contract termination. Imagination said in April Apple had notified the British firm it was developing its own graphics chips and would no longer use Imagination's processing designs in...
Apple to Make Own GPU for iPhone; UK Supplier Shares Plunge 70%
UK chip designer Imagination Technologies has seen its shares plunge 70% after news that its biggest customer, Apple, will no longer use the company’s tech for upcoming products. According to a new report from Reuters, the company confirmed the news in a statement, saying: "Apple has asserted that it has been working on a separate, independent graphics...
Apple Lures Talent from iPhone 7 Graphics Processor Supplier
Since the deal to acquire the British chip designer Imagination Technologies fell through, Apple has hired away talent from the supplier of its iPhone 7 graphics processor. Business Insider reports that Apple has hired several senior employees of Imagination Technologies, alongside a handful of engineering talent. Among those was Imagination's COO John Metcalfe, who has been...
Apple in “Advanced Talks” to Take Over Imagination Technologies [u]
Citing a source familiar with the matter, Ars Technica reports that Apple is in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies, a British chip design company. Apple has used Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR line of GPUs in its A-series system on a chip since it launched the A4 SoC that powered the iPhone 4 and the 4th...
Apple Renews its PowerVR Graphics Agreement with Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies has today announced that Apple has renewed its multi-use license agreement with the company, that gives Apple access to its wide range of current and future PowerVR graphics and video hardware, MacRumors is reporting. While the financial terms of the deal were not revealed, Imagination confirmed the deal signed was a multi-year agreement. "Under the terms...