4 posts and columns on PowerVR

Game Changer? Sony Uncrates Next Generation Portable

in News on January 27, 2011 at 7:03 am PT

Sony stepped up its game in the mobile gaming market this morning by uncrating the Next Generation Portable, the successor to the dusty PlayStation Portable. A radical redesign of the PSP, the device promises a PlayStation 3-level gaming experience in a handheld form factor.

Apple Ups Stake in iPhone Chip Firm

in News on June 26, 2009 at 5:30 am PT

Apple put some of the vast $28 billion in cash and short-term investments it has socked away to good use this week by raising its stake in Imagination Technologies. The $5.16 million investment nearly triples Apple’s original 3.6 percent stake, giving it 9.5 percent ownership of the British chip designer whose PowerVR graphics technology figures prominently in the iPhone and iPod touch.
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Intel to Apple: NO, IT'S MINE!

in News on December 23, 2008 at 6:03 am PT

This has proven to be quite a week for Imagination Technologies. Just days after it was revealed that Apple has taken a 3.6 percent stake in the U.K. chip designer–whose PowerVR mobile graphics components are now expected to figure prominently in future iPhones–Intel raised its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent.

Intel to Apple: NO, IT’S MINE!

in News on December 23, 2008 at 6:03 am PT

This has proven to be quite a week for Imagination Technologies. Just days after it was revealed that Apple has taken a 3.6 percent stake in the U.K. chip designer–whose PowerVR mobile graphics components are now expected to figure prominently in future iPhones–Intel raised its own stake in the company to 3.04 percent.