To support all aspects of graphics and GPU compute application development, Imagination Technologies has introduced its latest version of the PowerVR Graphics SDK (Software Development Kit). The PowerVR Graphics SDK v4.1 features new functionality, examples and documentation, including full support for the new Vulkan 1.0 open standard API (Application Programming Interface) from Khronos. 

The GDC Conference 2016, taking place this week in San Francisco, will see Imagination Technologies highlight its Power VR Wizard – a new GPU architecture capable of generating photorealistic image quality for console level gaming and next generation VR apps, while delivering up to 50 times better energy efficiency in ray tracing performance when compared to a traditional desktop GPU.

Imagination Technologies announces it has collaborated with Unity to deliver a lightmapping tool. A software-based implementation of Imagination’s PowerVR Ray Tracing technology will be integrated in upcoming Unity versions, improving the quality and performance of the lightmap baking workflow. With this new tool, artists will be able to quickly design and visualise advanced lighting effects in a convenient, easy to use workflow.

T-Platforms has announced a desktop PC called the Tavolga Terminal TB-T22BT powered by the MIPS-based Baikal-T1 processor from Baikal Electronics. The system can be configured as a fully functional workstation or a thin-client terminal and runs the latest version of the Debian 8 operating system – one of the most popular Linux distributions for the MIPS architecture. By Alexandru Voica, Imagination Technologies.

Imagination Technologies announces a family of mass market PowerVR GPUs that set a new standard for performance, power and area in cost-sensitive markets. PowerVR Series8XE GPUs deliver the best performance/mm2 for the smallest silicon footprint and power profile, while also incorporating advanced features such as hardware virtualisation, multi-domain security, and support for the latest APIs including OpenGL ES 3.2 and Vulkan 1.0. Series8XE demo...

A collaboration to aid customers speed time to market has been launched by Imagination Technologies and Mentor Graphics Corp. The Mentor Veloce emulation platform, specifically the Codelink offering, now supports debug of designs built with Imagination’s full range of entry level to highest performance MIPS CPUs including the latest deeply embedded M-class M6250 processor based on the MIPS R6 architecture. Mentor is using MIPS CPUs in its t...

Imagination Technologies and Lauterbach announce that they are making it easy to use Lauterbach’s popular TRACE32 tools to debug MIPS heterogeneous CPU based systems or systems that combine MIPS CPUs with ARM CPUs. Lauterbach will demonstrate the solution at the upcoming Embedded World Conference and Exhibition. Lauterbach’s TRACE32 is a set of modular microprocessor development tools that provides integrated debug environments f...

Imagination Technologies announces its line-up of demonstrations planned for Embedded World 2016, on the 23rd - 25th February, 2016, at Messezentrum, Hall 4, booth 4-629, Nuremburg, Germany. Imagination will showcase a spectrum of leading-edge embedded computing technologies and rich user interfaces that are transforming embedded systems for IoT, automotive and consumer electronic devices.

Imagination demonstrated cutting-edge solutions for next-generation products such as mobile phones, tablets, wearables, IoT, automotive, ultra HD and OTT TV and more at the Fira Gran Via convention centre in Barcelona, Spain.

When I was a kid, my father used to take me to our local cinema once a week to see whatever movie was on at the time. One evening, we walked into the theater and I saw the poster for Terminator 2: Judgement Day; two hours later, I walked out of that screening completely blown away by what I had just seen.

Imagination will demonstrate cutting-edge solutions for next-gen products such as mobile phones, tablets, wearables, IoT, automotive, ultra HD and OTT TV, wireless / digital audio and more at CES 2016. Demonstrations will highlight the company’s IP technologies including MIPS CPUs, PowerVR GPUs, ensigma connectivity, FlowCloud device-to-cloud technology, OmniShield multi-domain security, creator developer boards and other solutions.

Imagination Technologies announces expansion of its Imagination University Programme (IUP) through a pioneering partnership with EUROPRACTICE. The partnership will enable students in over 670 universities and research institutions in 44 countries across the EMEA region to access a latest generation, fully supported MIPS Warrior M-class CPU with optional hardware virtualisation that can provide the basis for a multi-domain security solution.

Imagination Technologies has launched a new development kit called Creator Ci40 on Kickstarter. The Ci40 microcomputer has been specifically designed for smart home, IoT and other connected devices (drones, robots, etc.) – but it also has the hardware requirements (802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, SD and USB storage) needed to be used as a high-speed wireless router.

The new Creator Ci40 from Imagination Technologies is a new development kit designed for IoT applications and includes all the optimised hardware and open source software required for next generation connected projects. Creator Ci40 is a modular system that developers can use to prototype the hardware needed for an IoT application in five easy steps:

Imagination Technologies and PEZY Computing K.K. announce a strategic partnership focused on development of next-gen efficient High Performance Computing (HPC) systems. Through the collaboration, PEZY, a Japan-based processor company, will integrate Imagination’s highly efficient 64-bit MIPS Warrior CPUs in its next-generation PEZY-SC2 many-core processors for supercomputers and other high-performance applications.

Imagination Technologies announces a new end-to-end debug environment that simplifies integration and debugging of MIPS heterogeneous CPU based systems or systems that combine MIPS CPUs with other CPU architectures. Providing a flexible on-chip CPU debug architecture, MIPS On-Chip Instrumentation (MIPS OCI) hardware is the centerpiece of the environment.

Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) is partnering with Testin to create the Imagination Application Testin Centre (IATC). The IATC will enable developers targeting the Greater China market to speed time-to-market for apps and games running on the wide range of mobile and wearable devices using Imagination’s IP including PowerVR GPUs and MIPS CPUs. It also allows Imagination licensees and their OEM customers to ensure stability, smooth operatio...

Imagination Technologies announces compelling new additions to its MIPS Warrior CPU product line, as its growing portfolio and unique roadmap gain momentum. The broadening range of highly efficient MIPS CPUs enables an increasing number of licensees, both existing and new, to choose solutions ideally matched to their differentiated feature set, performance and business goals.

Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces that the MIPS CPU architecture is one of the key CPU architectures supported by Google’s recent Brillo OS designed specifically for IoT applications. Brillo, a free, open embedded OS based on Android, is designed to connect IoT devices in a seamless and intuitive way. As MIPS is one of the three CPU architectures officially supported in Android, Brillo on MIPS is a natural evolution.

Imagination Technologies announces that it is offering complete Ensigma connectivity IP system solutions including WiFi/Bluetooth software, Media Access Control (MAC) layer, baseband, AFE and RF, through a range of flexible licensing and support models.