Jeff Bier wrote in his monthly column that CES 2015 marked the year when the Internet of Things (or what I’d like to call connected devices) began to see. Whether it’s a sports camera, smartphone or a professional DSLR, most video content of the future will be encoded
In case you haven’t seen the latest headlines, Imagination recently announced PowerVR D5500, the world’s first multi-standard 10-bit video decoder that is able to handle the H.265 (HEVC) standard at 4K (Ultra HD) resolution. H.265, which was officially ratified earlier this year, aims to provide roughly double the
With the recent launch of our next generation PowerVR Series5 video IP cores, Imagination has brought a series of exciting new features to the PowerVR D5500 video decoder core designed to preserve colour fidelity from source to display and provide the performance required for 4K@60fps and H.265 (HEVC).
Over the last eight years the NAB Show (held yearly at the LVCC in Las Vegas) has continuously evolved and grown. Over 90,000 media and entertainment professionals attended from over 150 countries, representing more than 1,500 companies in the broadcast industry. Overall the 2013 NAB Show focussed on
After coming back from MWC 2013 in Barcelona where we’ve launched the PowerVR G6100 – our most smallest PowerVR Series6 GPU to date -, we’re dedicating this entry to a ‘behind the scenes’ look at the other important announcement made during the show. We’ve stated in a recent
The dust is starting to settle over one of the largest consumer electronics shows of the year so it’s the perfect time to review some of the best technologies we’ve seen during a very busy week for Imagination in Las Vegas. CES 2013 saw a record number of
Product differentiation – one of the industry’s most dreaded topics – seems to be making a strong comeback as more and more vendors try to find ways of setting themselves apart to avoid the bottomless pit of price competition. Vendors need the so-called USPs (unique selling points) within
We’re delighted that the design team for our PowerVR Series2NX Neural Network Accelerator (NNA) has been honoured with a prestigious British Engineering Excellence Award (BEEA). The BEEAs were established in 2009 to demonstrate the high calibre of engineering design and innovation in the
After a period out of the spotlight, ray tracing technology has recently come back into focus, taking up a lot of column inches in the tech press. The primary reason is because graphics cards for the PC gaming market have
Amazon, the internet shopping giant, announced earlier this week the latest version of its media streaming device, the Fire TV Stick 4K. First released in 2016, the Fire TV stick brings catch-up streaming services to any TV with an HDMI
Once, when you were looking to develop a mobile application with complex graphics, in most cases you immediately thought of OpenGL ES. In this blog post we’ll be discussing the benefits of Vulkan and why you really ought to consider using this
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