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They are not very well known but they developed the first GPU with hardware ray tracing. They had HW ray tracing accelerators in 2013: https://www.extremetech.
by WithinReason 5y ago
They are not very well known but they developed the first GPU with hardware ray tracing. They had HW ray tracing accelerators in 2013:
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/146781-imagination-technologies-unveils-first-hardware-ray-tracing-graphics-cards https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/146781-imagination-techno...
and GPU designs with HW ray tracing in 2014:
https://blog.imaginationtech.com/launching-ray-tracing-powervr-wizard-gpus-gdc-2014/ https://blog.imaginationtech.com/launching-ray-tracing-power...
Apple's GPUs are also based on this architecture:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15272/imagination-and-apple-sign-new-agreement https://www.anandtech.com/show/15272/imagination-and-apple-s...
There have been some news about desktop GPUs as well:
https://videocardz.com/newz/innosilicon-graphics-cards-based-on-fantasy-one-gpu-feature-up-to-32gb-gddr6x-memory https://videocardz.com/newz/innosilicon-graphics-cards-based...
- kevingadd 5y agoFWIW, while Apple historically leaned very heavily on PowerVR tech, their modern GPUs don't have much in common with it anymore (even if they're still paying the license fees - probably to retain the right to manufacture older chips.)
- hyperpallium2 5y agoIIRC Imagination threatened to sue Apple over use of its GPU tech - though I expect Apple meticulously avoided use of IMG IP, and IMG dropped it.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 5y agoPowerVR also designed discrete video cards for PC's back in the day (Kyro II was a beast). They also made the video chip in the Sega Dreamcast IIRC.