The drama with UK-based Imagination Technologies was better. Apple used Imagination's PowerVR GPUs in iPhones for years, then in 2017 Apple announced they would

The drama with UK-based Imagination Technologies was better. Apple used Imagination's PowerVR GPUs in iPhones for years, then in 2017 Apple announced they would ditch them and make their own GPUs. Apple was in talks to buy the company, but as in this case, decided to grab the engineers instead (this involved Apple opening an office nearby in St Albans, England to attract them). Then followed 3 years of legal fighting over breach of contract, patents, you name it. Finally this year, the companies declared peace, signed new agreement where Apple would continue to pay Imagination big bucks every year in royalties. Looks like Imagination had a good case as well as some other new graphics technology Apple needed. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21046476/apple-imagination-technologies-graphics-processor-chipmaker-licensing https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/2/21046476/apple-imagination...