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This blog post introduces GRLAA (GRadient Line Anti-Aliasing), a relatively simple and efficient method designed to cope with aliased lines, which can often crop up in automotive navigation applications. In the discipline of signal processing, there is a specific sampling frequency called the Nyquist frequency. When sampling a signal at a frequency lower than the Nyquist frequency, the signal reconstructed … Continued

The automotive market is one of the most exciting sectors in the technology ecosystem, and as a result the industry is constantly fluctuating and evolving in order to keep at the forefront of new technology. This means the underlying hardware which powers the system must not only deliver great performance but must also be versatile. The automotive industry is a … Continued

Released in the UK on the 22nd of August, the latest Android OS (7.0 Nougat) brings with it support for the Vulkan™ API and also a selection of new features and updates, as well as the ability to run two apps on the same screen at once. We’ve talked about Vulkan a lot (as have others), but for those of you just … Continued

In this blog series we’re going to explain how to create cross-platform, cross-API graphics applications using the PowerVR Framework – all from one set of source code files! The series will be split into the following parts: PowerVR Framework: Getting started with the PVRApi Vulkan and OpenGL ES abstraction PowerVR Framework: Writing portable Vulkan and OpenGL ES 3.0/3.1 apps with … Continued

Following over a year of intense work by leading hardware, game engine, and platform vendors brought together by the Khronos™ Group, v1.0 of the Vulkan™ graphics and compute API is now available. This new API has been designed for portability across multiple platforms, including desktop and mobile GPU architectures. With an unprecedented number of related materials being open source (including … Continued

With our world-leading PowerVR GPUs already in the hands of over 2 billion users, Imagination delivers the leading solutions for mobile, AR/VR, and other embedded graphics platforms. At this year’s Game Developer Conference, we will be hosting a day of developer sessions on our PowerVR GR6500 ray tracing GPU and Vulkan. You can also visit our booth (#1902) at the GDC … Continued

It is 2016, and a new year brings new developments in the field of APIs! In preparation for these, we have created the PowerVR Framework. But what exactly is it? Simply put, the Framework is a cross-platform and cross-API framework which is fully optimised for PowerVR. It supports PowerVR assets and shows you how to use a variety of PowerVR … Continued

To further promote our PowerVR Graphics SDK v4.0 launch, we’ve assembled a collection of videos to help new and existing PowerVR developers familiarize themselves with our tools and utilities. PowerVR SDK The video provides an overview of the PowerVR SDK. The SDK includes a cross-platform OS and API abstraction layer, a library of helper tools for maths and resource loading, … Continued

At last, the PowerVR Graphics SDK v4.0 is live! Featuring an all-new Framework and a host of improvements to our existing utilities, v4.0 is one of our biggest releases to date. With the arrival of the new Framework, this release aims to help developers transition from OpenGL ES to the new generation of graphics APIs, such as Vulkan. The Framework … Continued

The PowerVR Graphics Tools are a suite of utilities targeting important phases of an application’s development cycle including asset optimization, coding, and profiling and debugging software on-device. To help you obtain a 360-degree view of our profiling and debugging tools for PowerVR hardware, we’ve put together a video series providing you with a comprehensive tutorial on how to effectively use … Continued