Imagination Technologies has announced that it has received certification for WiFi CERTIFIED ac and qualification for Bluetooth Smart for its high-performance Ensigma Explorer Radio Processing Unit (RPU) communications IP. Attained through WiFi Alliance and the Bluetooth SIG respectively, these certifications instill a high level of confidence among chip makers on the quality and interoperability of Ensigma IP-based RPUs. The WiFi certification f...

Imagination Technologies has announced that it is to demo an advanced prototype of the Vulkan graphics API on the PowerVR GPU enabled Nexus Player by Google, running Android. The demo application uses Imagination’s PowerVR GPU and is designed to showcase the capability of Vulkan to meet the needs of the Android graphics developer community.

Imagination Technologies is joining the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey to collaborate with leading companies both in the UK and globally in exploring, developing and defining underlying technologies that will power the next-gen 5G mobile communications network.

Imagination Technologies and TSMC have announced a collaboration to develop a series of advanced IP subsystems for the IOT, to accelerate time to market and simplify the design process for mutual customers. These IP platforms, complemented by highly optimised reference design flows, bring together the breadth of Imagination’s IP with TSMC’s advanced process technologies from 55 down to 10nm.

Imagination Technologies reports that a multi-core processor from Russian fabless IC company Baikal Electronics integrates ImgTec’s latest MIPS Warrior P-class P5600 CPU. Baikal created the Baikal-T1 with a focus on versatility, high operating frequency and low power consumption to allow its customers to build efficient solutions for telecomms, industrial automation and embedded systems.

Imagination Technologies has announced Java SE 8 for MIPS, as part of an ongoing collaboration with Oracle intended to enhance Java for embedded and IoT applications and optimise Java for the MIPS CPU architecture. The foundation for a broad range of networked applications, Java is a global standard for developing and delivering embedded, web-based and enterprise content and applications which is playing an increasing role in the IoT.

Samsung president Young Sohn was at the recent IoT World conference in San Francisco to introduce a family of low-power chips designed for next-gen IoT devices. One of the chips presented on stage, ARTIK 1, features a MIPS32-based, dual-core application processor, flash storage, a crypto engine and Bluetooth Smart radios for communication.

Imagination Technologies has announced significant upgrades for its high-performance, low-power MIPS-based Creator CI20 development board featuring a PowerVR GPU. The board includes support for Imagination’s FlowCloud IoT platform, a square form factor, a modified board layout to optimise WiFi speed and stability and updated software for Linux and Android. The software additions are compatible with all current CI20 boards.

Imagination Technologies has announced a revolutionary offering as part of its Imagination University Programme (IUP), called MIPSfpga. Through MIPSfpga, Imagination is transforming CPU architecture education in universities around the globe by offering them free and open access to a fully-validated, current generation MIPS CPU in a complete teaching package.

Imagination Technologies has announced that an experimental version of Firefox OS from Mozilla has been ported to run on a reference tablet incorporating a 1.2 GHz dual-core MIPS CPU and a PowerVR SGX540 GPU. This is the same Ingenic JZ4780 chip as can be found inside the recently-launched Creator CI20 microcomputer, and the reference tablet will also support Android 4.4 KitKat.

Imagination Technologies and Chukong, creator of the open source game engine Cocos2d-x, have announced that the latest version of Cocos2d-x has been optimised to run on devices with Imagination’s MIPS CPUs or PowerVR GPUs. More than 400,000 developers worldwide, including developers of seven out of the ten top grossing games in China, rely on Cocos2d-x to build their mobile games.

Imagination Technologies identified six trends driving industry momentum at the recent MWC 2015, focused on security, IoT interoperability, wearables, computer vision, communications infrastructure, and ultra-low power connectivity. ImgTec says these trends confirm its vision for mobile's future, and the technology roadmaps it is pursuing in anticipation of future needs.

Imagination Technologies and Altair Semiconductor have reported growing market traction for Altair’s LTE chipsets that utilise MIPS CPUs to support tablets, mobile hotspots, routers and M2M devices. Altair’s LTE devices, including the FourGee-3100/6200 chipset, have been the communications engine inside millions of devices sold by over 30 connected device manufacturers to date.

At last year’s Mobile World Congress, Imagination Technologies unveiled PowerVR GX6650, a high-end Series6XT GPU for flagship devices. Today, focus has shifted to PowerVR GT7900, the highest performing GPU from ImgTec's Series7XT family. PowerVR GT7900 is a GPU designed for ultimate performance in embedded applications; this design takes everything from its predecessor and turns the dial to 11.

Imagination Technologies has announced that its MIPS CPU IP cores continue to gain traction in LTE devices through the latest designs from 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications. MIPS CPUs are at the heart of Sequans’ Colibri and Calliope platforms for the LTE-enabled IoT. In addition, Sequans’ chipsets and modules with MIPS inside are finding their way into an increasing number of end products.

A HEVC IP family designed to provide the highest quality H.265 encoding, while optimising silicon area and bandwidth usage, has been introduced by Imagination Technologies. The PowerVR Series5 encoders also offer high-quality H.264 encoding for compatibility with the huge range of AVC (Advanced Video Coding) decoders available today.

Imagination Technologies has released an area-optimised PowerVR GPU, designed to drive high-quality graphics with full OpenGL ES 3.0 functionality into low-cost, space-constrained devices. Entry-level smartphones, wearables and IoT devices, as well as dashboard screens in entry-level cars, can use the high-quality, efficient GPU to create compelling GUIs and user experiences.

Imagination Technologies has announced that its HelloSoft Rich Communication Suite (RCS) client, an integrated multimedia communication solution, has been accredited by the GSMA. Mobile operators looking to provide a commercial RCS solution can now enjoy the benefits of the carrier-grade HelloSoft RCS client software, including superior voice and video quality, along with the joyn certification mark denoting the RCS consumer-f...

Conducting the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation for its long-awaited encounter with the world’s most famous dwarf planet. Traveling across the solar system, the $650m New Horizons spacecraft is now approximately 3.5bn miles from the Sun, nine years after its launch from Cape Canaveral.

Imagination Technologies reports that an impressively broad range of products at the recent International CES 2015 incorporated one or more of its technologies, reflecting a growing recognition of Imagination’s higher quality graphics, audio and video; high-performance and highly-efficient processing; and on-chip connectivity.