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Imagination Technologies Group PLC08 April 2008 8 April 2008 Imagination Technologies Group plc Imagination Technologies Licenses third POWERVR SGX Graphics Core to Renesas Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG; "Imagination") a leader inSystem-on-Chip Intellectual Property ("SoC IP") reports that Renesas TechnologyCorp. ("Renesas"), one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutionsproviders, has licensed a third member of Imagination's POWERVR(R) SGX graphicscore family under a multiple-use license arrangement. The core will beintegrated into future Renesas SoCs for mobile applications. This announcement extends the highly successful and growing relationship betweenthe two companies. Renesas was a lead-licensee of Imagination's POWERVR MBX andPOWERVR MBX Lite graphics cores which it has successfully deployed inautomotive, consumer and mobile devices, shipping now in volume. Renesassubsequently licensed two members of the POWERVR SGX graphics core family, inMarch and October 2006. Under the terms of its licensing arrangements Imagination receives license feesand royalty revenues on SoCs incorporating Imagination's IP shipped by partners. Contact: Imagination Technologies Group plc Tel: 01923 260511Hossein Yassaie, CEOTrevor Selby, CFO College Hill Associates Tel: 020 7457 2020Adrian Duffield/Ben Way About Imagination Technologies Imagination Technologies Group plc (FTSE: IMG) - a leader in semiconductorSystem on Chip Intellectual Property (SoC IP) - creates and licensesmarket-leading embedded graphics, video and display accelerators, multi-threadedprocessors and multi-standard receiver technologies. These IP solutions arecomplemented by dynamic and extensive developer and middleware ecosystems.Target markets include digital radio and audio; mobile phone multimedia;personal media players (PMP); in-car navigation and driver information; personalnavigation devices (PND); Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) and Mobile Internet Device(MID); digital TV & set-top box; and mobile TV. Its licensees include leadingsemiconductor and consumer electronics companies, as well as innovative leadingedge start-up and fabless semiconductor companies. Imagination has corporateheadquarters in the United Kingdom, with sales and R&D offices worldwide. See:www.imgtecplc.com. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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