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“The future of television is a hard nut to crack,” a wise man once said. While this line is taken from our own blog, I can safely describe it as wise as I’m actually quoting my predecessor who last year took a look at ‘the evolution of TV and set-top box chipsets’. The post discussed how TV has evolved rapidly … Continued

If you’ve been paying attention to the neural network scene recently, and really, why wouldn’t you be – you’ll be aware that it’s a market that’s really getting a lot of attention. In fact, machine learning and deep learning are threatening to become terms that even your mother will be familiar with. If, by the way, your mother doesn’t yet … Continued

Wi-Fi today is a ubiquitous connectivity technology and is one of the pillars one which Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity rests. The problem, however, is that Wi-Fi has traditionally been a power hungry technology. Imagination’s Ensigma Whisper low-power Wi-Fi IP has been architected from the ground-up to provide an ultra-low power solution that’s ideal for IoT and other battery operated … Continued

My mother is a retired nurse. She’s an intelligent woman, and when it comes to caring for patients, really knows her stuff. The other day I told her I was working on launching Imagination’s new neural network accelerator. “What do you mean?” she asked – having, of course, only ever really thought about neural networks when doing her surgical rotation … Continued

For many, PowerVR is closely associated with graphics technology, from the early days of desktop PC gaming to arcade consoles, and later to home consoles and then, of course, to mobile. Indeed, we’ve recently celebrated our 25th anniversary in a series of blog posts. However, PowerVR also includes a range of other IP for vision and AI applications. This week, … Continued

In previous blog posts, we have demonstrated using neural networks to do things such as object recognition and digit recognition. In this post, we will demonstrate a more practical example of vision, AI and machine learning running on PowerVR GPUs. This demo is showing how we can utilise the processing power of hardware such as the GPU to take input … Continued

Nibiru, based in China is a global leader in VR technology and as a key partner, Imagination Technologies was invited to attend the second “N+” VR/AR/MR Technology International Summit, held in Nanjing, China, on 6 September 2017. The summit, organised by Nanjing Municipal Government, saw the exhibition of next generation prototypes and brought together all types of technologies, content, channels, … Continued

Every day seems to bring a new, connected device to the market promising to improve our lives. It might be a doorbell, a car, or a drone, but whatever it is, to make it relevant in today’s world it must be connected and as a consequence, ‘smart’. However, the flipside of this accessibility is vulnerability, as providing access for a … Continued

As we celebrate 25 years of PowerVR, it’s only right that we also look to those in the industry for their thoughts – from those that worked on the technology at the very beginning to those that are incorporating the latest technology into their products. Simon Fenney, Research Fellow at PowerVR, is proud of PowerVR’s achievements since he joined Imagination … Continued

As mentioned on the blog a couple of times this month, Imagination’s PowerVR graphics is celebrating its twenty-five-year anniversary this summer! That’s a very long time in tech, and the shelves around the PowerVR Developer Technology team here in Kings Langley reflect that. Unlike most tech cupboards, they contain a lot more than just some nests of cables and semi-functional … Continued

Imagination’s PowerVR architecture is 25 years old this summer and to celebrate we are publishing a series of posts of our memories of the history of this groundbreaking 3D technology. Simon Fenney was one of the lead architects in what was known in 1992 as the ‘Trident Project’ and he remains at the company to this day. In this post, … Continued

As part of our celebration of 25 years of PowerVR, Riyad Emeran, a stalwart of the British tech journalism scene in the late 90s and the founder and original Editor-in-Chief of consumer tech review website TrustedReviews.com, takes a misty-eyed look back at the many memorable gaming moments it made possible. Back in 1996, I decided to switch careers – I’d spent … Continued

On Monday 27th July 1992, John Major had just become British Prime Minister, and Linux was a word yet to enter our vocabulary. Classic FM didn’t even exist. And VideoLogic, a small technology company in England, began a project that would later become known as PowerVR — based on the first consumer deferred renderer. Yes, believe it or not, Imagination’s … Continued

It’s hard to believe but Imagination’s PowerVR technology has achieved its silver anniversary – 25 years of leading graphics technology. To celebrate, we take a look back with a brief history of where PowerVR came from and how we got to where we are today. In the 1990s, graphics technology entered a period of explosive innovation and growth. Around that … Continued

Imagination Technologies is a company with a vision to help our customers create innovative products that will change the world. We are always thinking ahead to see how we can best deliver that future – a future that’s bright, bold and empowering. At the core of this vision are our employees who are key in bringing this future to fruition … Continued