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icon Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU22.03.2016. u 10:01 - pre 97 meseci
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Apple (AAPL) is in "advanced talks" to acquire British chip design company Imagination Technologies (IMG), according to a source with knowledge of the discussions. When Ars sought comment, Imagination Technologies refused to deny any such planned takeover.

Imagination Technologies is primarily known for its PowerVR line of GPUs, which Apple has used in its mobile A-series SoCs since the A4, which powered the iPhone 4 and 4th-gen iPod Touch.

Imagination has tried to diversify into other areas, including specialised ray tracing GPUs, MIPS CPUs, and DIY/IoT stuff, but nothing has really stuck. In February this year, the company announced that long-time CEO Hossein Yassaie would be stepping down and that it would begin the process of restructuring the business. Then last week, in mid-March, the company announced that, as part of the restructuring, it would be axing 350 jobs and focusing on PowerVR.

Chip supplier "accelerates" cost cuts, promises to shelter core biz from rejig.
Apple has owned a significant number of Imagination shares since at least 2008, when it announced that it had acquired 3.6 percent of the company. Later, in 2009, Apple bumped its ownership up to at least 9.5 percent.

Back in 2008, Apple acquired PA Semi, a fabless chip design company. That acquisition eventually led to Apple designing its own CPU cores for its A-series SoCs, starting with the Swift CPU core used by the A6 SoC in the iPhone 5.

Picking up Imagination Technologies, which currently has a market capitalisation of about £500 million, would mean that Apple could move GPU design in-house, too. Apple already works quite closely with Imagination to ensure that the PowerVR GPUs work well with other blocks on the SoC, but it may be desirable for Apple to have the whole thing in-house—to be the master of its own destiny, so to speak, and not beholden to the throes of a relatively small British company for its graphics tech.


http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadge...quire-imagination-powervr-gpu/

Ne znam koliko je pouzdan ovaj izvor, ali ovo mi deluje kao logičan sled događaja s' obzirom da Apple ima planove da razvija sopstveni GPU (što nije tako jeftina zabava), a Imagination grca već duže vreme. Akvizicijom Imagination-a Apple bi dobio i MIPS department pa bi bilo zanimljivo videti neki od sledećih iPhone telefona sa nekim MIPS SoC-om unutra. :) Naravno malo je verovatno da se tako nešto dogodi.
 
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU22.03.2016. u 19:05 - pre 97 meseci
I meni deluje skroz logicno, zapravo godinama sam se pitao kako ih Apple nije vec kupio.

Sto se MIPS-a tice, nikad ne bih rekao nikad, Apple je kompanija koja ima jacinu i koherentnu strategiju i egzekuciju neophodnu da tako nesto izvedu, ako im se isplati.

Pitanje je samo da li im se isplati i da li mogu inhouse da naprave nesto sto je konkurentno najnovijim ARM-ovima.
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU23.03.2016. u 07:28 - pre 97 meseci
Što se "egzekucije" tiče, Apple nije uspevao da napravi valjan OS dok nije uzeo FreeBSD i preradio ga u iOS i (Mac)OS X.
Nije bitno koji su zaključci izvučeni, već kako se do njih došlo.
 
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU23.03.2016. u 14:52 - pre 97 meseci
Appleov Mac OS X je nastao od NeXTSTEP operativnog sistema koji u sebi ima BSD i razvijen je krajem 80-tih, FreeBSD je došao nekoliko godina kasnije.
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU25.03.2016. u 23:53 - pre 97 meseci
U svakom slučaju, nisu mogli da naprave kršten OS sami, nego su licencirali nešto nečije.
Nije bitno koji su zaključci izvučeni, već kako se do njih došlo.
 
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU26.03.2016. u 09:38 - pre 97 meseci
Nisu licencirali, kupili su NeXT, vratili Džobsa i sa njim dobili ekipu koja je na osnovama NeXTSTEP-a napravila Mac OS X. Evo juče bilo 15 godina od prvog objavljivanja.
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icon Re: Apple in “advanced talks” to acquire Imagination Technologies for PowerVR GPU27.03.2016. u 15:09 - pre 97 meseci
Znači, kupili su gotovo i onda doradili.
Nije bitno koji su zaključci izvučeni, već kako se do njih došlo.
 
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