VeriSilicon Introduces GLTiny™ 3D GPU Programming Model for Ultra-Low-Power, Memory-Efficient Wearable Devices

Optimized GLTiny Model Brings Rich 3D Graphics to Resource-Constrained Wearable Devices Powered by OpenGL ES GPUs

Shanghai, China, October 29, 2026--VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced GLTiny, an innovative 3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) programming model designed for wearable devices with stringent power and memory constraints. Featuring a streamlined Application Programming Interface (API) and an ultra-lightweight driver, GLTiny enables developers to leverage the 3D graphics capabilities of VeriSilicon’s Nano OpenGL ES GPU IP series for next-generation smartwatches, smart glasses, and other resource-constrained wearable devices.

Based on VeriSilicon’s extensive experience in wearable graphics applications, GLTiny incorporates configurable rendering functions that enable developers to easily define their rendering requirements while efficiently utilizing the underlying OpenGL ES GPU capabilities. This streamlined approach dramatically reduces driver memory footprint and CPU overhead, delivering improved power efficiency and optimized performance for resource-constrained wearable devices.

GLTiny provides native rendering support for standard glTF™ 3D models, allowing developers to directly import glTF content and render it through GLTiny APIs. It supports key features such as lighting models, skeletal skinning, and morph targets, as well as full glTF animation support, including flexible playback, switching between animation clips, and playback speed control. GLTiny also supports visual effects such as Gaussian blur and ripple effects, with simplified APIs designed to streamline 3D graphics development. In addition, GLTiny can be combined with VeriSilicon’s VGLite vector graphics driver to form an innovative hybrid driver, enabling coordinated rendering of 2.5D vector graphics and 3D models within the same frame.

“Power consumption and memory footprint are two of the most critical considerations in wearable devices, where delivering rich visual experiences within stringent resource constraints is essential,” said Weijin Dai, Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the IP Division at VeriSilicon. “Leveraging our extensive experience in wearable graphics and close collaboration with leading wearable SoC and device manufacturers, we developed GLTiny to address these challenges. Building on the success of VeriSilicon’s VGLite 2.5D GPU programming model, which has become a de facto industry standard for lightweight 2.5D graphics, GLTiny represents another important advancement in our graphics technology portfolio. Designed for seamless integration with the established wearable graphics content development ecosystem, GLTiny operates on VeriSilicon’s Nano OpenGL ES GPU IP series, enabling device manufacturers to deliver increasingly sophisticated visual experiences while meeting the stringent power and memory requirements of next-generation wearable devices.”

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About VeriSilicon

VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon, 688521.SH) is a leading publicly listed provider of custom silicon solutions, with a comprehensive and proprietary portfolio of semiconductor IPs, and a long-standing focus on AI ASIC custom silicon.

The Company owns six categories of proprietary processing IPs — Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) IP, Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU) IP, Video Processing Unit (VPU) IP, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) IP, Image Signal Processing (ISP) IP and Display Processing IP — as well as more than 1,700 analog and mixed-signal IPs, including RF IPs and interface IPs.

Leveraging its in-house IPs, the Company has built an AI ASIC platform portfolio spanning cloud, edge and device, including the High-Performance SoC Platform, High-Performance AIGC Platform, Video Transcoding Platform, AutoDrive SoC Platform, AI ISP SoC Platform and Ultra-Low Power AI/AR Glass SoC Platform. Targeting key segments such as data centers, smart vehicles, AI smartphones and AI PCs, smart glasses and wearables, and embodied intelligence, these platforms provide one-stop custom services covering chip definition and architecture design through to mass production.

In response to the trend of System-on-Chip (SoC) evolving towards System-in-Package (SiP) driven by the demand for greater computing power, VeriSilicon advances Chiplet R&D and industrialization under the principles of “IP as a Chiplet”, “Chiplet as a Platform” and “Platform as an Ecosystem”, starting from interface IP, Chiplet architecture and advanced packaging technologies.

Under its unique Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS) business model, the Company serves a broad range of markets including consumer electronics, automotive electronics, computers and peripherals, industrial, data processing and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its main customers include fabless companies, IDMs, system vendors (OEM/ODM), large internet companies and cloud service providers.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, VeriSilicon has 9 design and R&D centers and 10 sales and customer service offices worldwide, and currently employs more than 2,000 people.

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