Licensing GPU IP for graphics and Edge-AI in billions of devices
Imagination Technologies
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About Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies is a semiconductor company that has been developing GPU architectures since 1992 and licenses them as soft IP (soft GPU IP) to chip manufacturers. The licensees integrate the architecture into their silicon products, which are used in over 12 billion devices worldwide – including automobiles, smartphones, wearables and PCs. The GPUs cover graphics, neural rendering as well as compute and AI workloads and are particularly suitable for AI acceleration in power-constrained edge devices thanks to Tile-based Deferred Rendering, low-precision number formats (including FP8, MXFP4) and up to 32 TOPS INT8 per core. Technologies include hardware-based Ray Tracing – as a pioneer for mobile applications –, DirectX support, Neural Super Resolution and ASIL-B Safety Coverage. Fields of application are Automotive (infotainment, cockpit, sensor fusion, ADAS), Mobile, Desktop and PC gaming, Cloud Gaming as well as Consumer Electronics and IoT. In 2025, the E-Series for On-Device AI and Graphics was released and Markus Mosen was appointed CEO.
- Processes
- GPU IP licensing, Edge AI & compute acceleration, Ray tracing technology, Neural Super Resolution, AI model porting and optimization (webinars)
- Materials
- Soft GPU IP (PowerVR, E-Series, DXTP), Hardware Ray Tracing, Neural Super Resolution, Matrix Accelerator
- Certificates
- ASIL-B (Safety Coverage)
- Founded
- 1992
- Industries
- Semiconductors/IP licensing, Automotive, Mobile/Smartphones, Desktop/PC Gaming, Consumer Electronics & IoT, Cloud Gaming
- 01
GPU architecture development
- 02
IP licensing
- 03
Integration by licensees into SoCs
- 04
Manufacturing and distribution by licensees
- 05
Software support and optimization (e.g. AI model porting)
Technologies & Processes
Soft GPU IP (PowerVR, E-Series, DXTP)
Licensable GPU architecture for graphics, ray tracing and Edge-AI acceleration in SoCs.
Hardware Ray Tracing
Hardware-based ray-tracing technology developed by Imagination as a pioneer for mobile applications.
Neural Super Resolution
AI-based upscaling with halved memory bandwidth, e.g. 540p to 1080p in 2.3 ms.
Matrix Accelerator
Up to 32 TOPS INT8 AI acceleration per core, integrated into the shading clusters.
IP Products
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Industries
Additional services
History
- 1992
Founding of Imagination Technologies; start of GPU architecture optimization
- 2025
Release of the E-Series for On-Device AI and Graphics
- 2025
Markus Mosen appointed CEO