Imagination Technologies Announces New Licensee for PowerVR MBX Graphics Core

April 9, 2003 - London, UK: Imagination Technologies [LSE:IMG], a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), announced today that Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), has licensed Imagination’s PowerVR MBX graphics core for integration with TI’s OMAP™ family of application processors for mobile devices. PowerVR MBX is a very compact and efficient 2D/3D graphics solution for future wireless multimedia devices, optimised for low power and high performance.

Imagination’s PowerVR MBX graphics cores provide mobile communication devices with stunning embedded graphic capabilities, thereby opening up a new world of mobile phone content, including 3D gaming.

"The convergence of communication network technologies and phones with powerful multimedia capabilities, will enable content-rich applications that will drive the new wireless market," said Paul Werp, worldwide director of marketing for TI’s OMAP platform. "The combination of TI’s application processor expertise and Imagination’s graphics technology will provide the basis for a mobile content revolution."

The PowerVR core will be coupled with applications processors to deliver best in class processing performance for advanced mobile applications like 3D gaming, videoconferencing, multimedia messaging services (MMS) and many other compelling services, while still delivering industry-leading power consumption. PowerVR's unique tile-based graphics cores offer scalability and performance with unparalleled memory efficiency and image quality.

“Texas Instruments is the world leader in wireless semiconductors, and Imagination is pleased to provide them with compelling embedded graphics features that will define content trends in wireless markets worldwide,” said Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination Technologies.

About Imagination Technologies 
Imagination Technologies Group plc is an international IP licensing company that develops, licenses and supplies market-leading graphics/video cores, real-time DSP-enabled multi-threaded processors, communication and broadcast technologies for the consumer entertainment and PC markets. It supplies both licensable IP (Intellectual Property) and related advanced development tools to leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies worldwide. Imagination Technologies Group plc has its corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE:IMG).