23rd Jun 2006 07:00
Imagination Technologies Group PLC23 June 2006 Imagination Technologies Group Plc Imagination Technologies to Continue to Market its Next Generation GraphicsTechnology Directly First PowerVR SGX Core Ships to Key Lead Customers Imagination Technologies Group plc ("Imagination") - a leader in System on ChipIntellectual Property ("SoC IP") - confirms that it continues to market its nextgeneration graphics technology, PowerVR SGX, directly to customers andindependently of ARM. Imagination has for a period been undertaking a careful review of its marketingof PowerVR SGX technology, including detailed discussions with ARM Limited withwhom Imagination collaborated on the marketing of PowerVR MBX in a revenuesharing arrangement. Taking into account commercial and strategic factors, itsestablished customer relationships, and the demand for direct partner supportand engagements, Imagination will continue to market and license the PowerVR SGXfamily directly to customers. Imagination can also report that it has now shipped the next generation PowerVRSGX core to its lead licensing partners. This has enabled partners includingIntel, Renesas and NEC to begin integration of the core into their future SoCs.With an increasing number of other serious evaluations and negotiationsunderway, Imagination is encouraged by the continued levels of engagement forits PowerVR SGX technology. The success with our current generation graphics family, PowerVR MBX, licensedby many of the world's top semiconductor companies including Intel, TexasInstruments, Renesas, Freescale, Samsung, and Philips, has established PowerVRMBX as the leading mobile and embedded graphics technology of choice. Thisexisting technology is powering the vast majority of hardware 3D-enabledhandsets and car navigation systems, with strong future volume growth forecastfor several years. Imagination Technologies and ARM will carry on working together in supportingthe current PowerVR MBX customers and will co-operate to ensure that theirrelevant complementary technologies continue to operate well together andsupport ongoing market requirements. About PowerVR SGX PowerVR SGX, the new generation PowerVR GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) IP corefamily is part of the Imagination's PowerVR Series5 scalable and fullyprogrammable shader graphics/video architecture. With state-of-the-art supportfor 2D and 3D graphics, PowerVR SGX has an industry-leading feature set thatexceeds OpenGL 2.0 shader and Microsoft Vertex and Pixel Shader Model 3requirements while maintaining backward compatibility with PowerVR MBX content.The PowerVR SGX family also accelerates vector graphics content processing,including providing class-leading OpenVG performance. PowerVR SGX family video/image decode and encode processing support covers a broad range of standardssuch as H.264, MPEG-4/2, VC-1 (WMV9), JPEG and others. PowerVR SGX familymembers target mobile, automotive, consumer and PC markets. PowerVR SGX is basedon Imagination's patented tile-based rendering and multi-threading technologies. The PowerVR Insider programme, along with extensive PowerVR SDK tools, supportsthe 3D graphics ecosystem, fostering relationships between semiconductorvendors, handset manufacturers and content creators, and providing an effectiveenvironment for content development so that games, user interfaces, messagingand other mobile applications will always look better and perform better on aPowerVR platform. About Imagination Technologies Imagination Technologies Group plc - a leader in SoC IP - develops, licenses andsupplies market-leading graphics, video and display cores, real-timemulti-threaded DSP/RISC processors and communication and broadcast technologiesfor the mobile, consumer, automotive and PC markets. It supplies licensable IP(Intellectual Property) supported by advanced development tools to leadingsemiconductor and consumer electronics companies worldwide. ImaginationTechnologies Group plc has its corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom andis publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE:IMG). See: www.imgtec.com. June 23 2006 Enquiries: Imagination Technologies Group plc Tel: 01923 260511Hossein Yassaie, CEOTrevor Selby, CFO College Hill Associates Tel: 020 7457 2020Adrian Duffield / Nick Elwes This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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