➀ Imagination exits the RISC-V CPU business; ➁ Focus on GPU and AI IP; ➂ Maintains commitment to the RISC-V ecosystem; ➃ RISC-V CPU IP portfolio limited in scope; ➄ Shift in focus seen as ironic given Imagination's history with MIPS.
Recent #Imagination Technologies news in the semiconductor industry
➀ British company Imagination Technologies supplies key GPU technologies to Chinese companies; ➁ UKCT accuses Imagination's managers of facilitating technology transfer; ➂ Imagination Technologies denies any wrongdoing and maintains industry standards were followed.
➀ Imagination Technologies has shifted its AI strategy by discontinuing its dedicated NPUs and integrating AI capabilities into its GPUs. ➁ The company secured $100 million in financing from Fortress Investment Group to support this transition. ➂ Imagination is focusing on enhancing GPUs for edge AI applications, leveraging their natural multithreading and parallel processing capabilities.