Imagination Technologies

NOVASPARKS REJUVENATES MANAGEMENT TEAM TO FUEL GROWTH

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Monday, February 26, 2024

NEW YORK and LONDON and PARIS, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NovaSparks, the leading field programmable gate array (FPGA) market data company, today announced the strategic expansion of its leadership team with the appointment of Estelle Berbach as chief financial officer and the promotion of Loïc Maitre to vice president of engineering. This move comes on the heels of strengthening the sales organization with the arrival of Sapna Swaly and Clément Pelletier to manage the European and APAC operations, respectively.

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  • "Estelle and Loïc are both talented leaders who bring a diverse range of skills essential for our next phase of growth," said Luc Burgun, chief executive officer and president of NovaSparks.
  • Prior to joining NovaSparks, she served as financial controller at Socotec Equipements, a leader in technical inspection and verification.
  • Loïc Maitre, a seasoned hardware leader who joined NovaSparks in 2016, has been promoted to vice president of engineering.
  • Together with the additions of Sapna Swaly and Clément Pelletier to our sales team, this new leadership structure positions NovaSparks for continued success in the years to come."

Semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) Market worth $11.2 billion by 2029 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Soft IP core segment is expected to hold a larger share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.

Key Points: 
  • Soft IP core segment is expected to hold a larger share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • Processor IP segment is expected to hold a major share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • The processor IP segment holds the largest market share and is expected to hold a major share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • North America is likely to account for the second-largest market share of the overall semiconductor intellectual property (IP) industry from 2024 to 2029.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) Market worth $11.2 billion by 2029 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Soft IP core segment is expected to hold a larger share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.

Key Points: 
  • Soft IP core segment is expected to hold a larger share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • Processor IP segment is expected to hold a major share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • The processor IP segment holds the largest market share and is expected to hold a major share of the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) market during the forecast period.
  • North America is likely to account for the second-largest market share of the overall semiconductor intellectual property (IP) industry from 2024 to 2029.

MulticoreWare and Imagination collaboration accelerates automotive compute workloads

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MulticoreWare Inc and Imagination Technologies announce that they have enabled GPU compute on the Texas Instruments TDA4VM processor, unleashing around 50 GFLOPS of extra compute and demonstrating a massive improvement in the performance of common workloads used for autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MulticoreWare Inc and Imagination Technologies announce that they have enabled GPU compute on the Texas Instruments TDA4VM processor, unleashing around 50 GFLOPS of extra compute and demonstrating a massive improvement in the performance of common workloads used for autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
  • This enables automotive customers to use IMG BXS GPUs with OpenCL™ to achieve maximum performance per watt on TDA4 SoCs for sensor processing workloads (camera, radar, and lidar) augmenting other compute accelerators existing in the platform.
  • Vish Rajalingam, VP & GM, Mobility & Transportation BU, MulticoreWare, said, "The automotive software revolution is driving the need for seamless intelligent features on low-power SoCs.
  • It is also a flexible, programmable, and high-performance option for supporting a vehicle's ADAS workloads.

Palo Alto Networks Adds "Bring Your Own AI" Capability To Cortex XSIAM AI-driven Security Operations Platform

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Monday, November 13, 2023

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- It used to take an attacker 44 days on average to exfiltrate data from an organization once it was compromised — now it's a matter of hours — and with companies taking an average of 5.5 days to initially contain an incident, legacy security operations solutions no longer work. Since its debut, Cortex XSIAM® has helped customers revolutionize their security operations center (SOC). One services company improved its median time to resolution from days to minutes — 270 times faster than before. Further improving the award-winning AI-driven security operations platform, Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today unveiled Cortex XSIAM 2.0, which includes a new bring-your-own machine learning (BYOML) framework.

Key Points: 
  • Since its debut, Cortex XSIAM® has helped customers revolutionize their security operations center (SOC).
  • Further improving the award-winning AI-driven security operations platform, Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today unveiled Cortex XSIAM 2.0, which includes a new bring-your-own machine learning (BYOML) framework.
  • Palo Alto Networks collects more security data than any other cybersecurity company, with more than 5 petabytes of security data ingested daily, and with more than 1 exabyte stored in total.
  • XSIAM converges SOC capabilities, including XDR, SOAR, SIEM and more, into a single platform to streamline security operations.

Ventana and Imagination Partner to Deliver World's Highest Performance RISC-V CPU & GPU Solutions

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

CUPERTINO, Calif. and LONDON, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventana Micro Systems Inc. and Imagination Technologies today announced a partnership to deliver best-in-class RISC-V SoCs solutions that give customers control over their heterogeneous SoC (System-on-a-Chip) implementations. 

Key Points: 
  • and Imagination Technologies today announced a partnership to deliver best-in-class RISC-V SoCs solutions that give customers control over their heterogeneous SoC (System-on-a-Chip) implementations.
  • The partnership combines Ventana's Veyron solution, the highest-performance RISC-V CPU processor available today, with Imagination's fully featured GPU IP as integrated IP in SoCs or as a discrete GPU chip/card.
  • Our partnership with Imagination enables us to address these needs with complete platform solutions consisting of best-in-class Veyron CPUs from Ventana and market leading GPUs from Imagination," said Balaji Baktha, Founder and CEO of Ventana.
  • "As the defacto GPU IP provider for the RISC-V ecosystem, we are excited to extend this partnership with Ventana."

Imagination Launches Brand New Line of High-performance GPU IP with DirectX

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Imagination Technologies launches IMG DXD, the first product in a new line of high-performance GPU IP with support for DirectX®*.

Key Points: 
  • Imagination Technologies launches IMG DXD, the first product in a new line of high-performance GPU IP with support for DirectX®*.
  • Products based on Imagination IP are used by billions of people across the globe in their smartphones, cars, homes, and workplaces.
  • Imagination, PowerVR, and the Imagination Technologies logo are trademarks of Imagination Technologies Limited and/or its affiliated group companies in the United Kingdom and/or other countries.
  • *IMG DXD is a GPU IP based on the published DirectX and Khronos API specifications.

Imagination Optimizes PPA and Speeds the Delivery of Low-Power GPUs Using AI-Driven Cadence Cerebrus in the OnCloud Platform

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that Imagination Technologies successfully utilized the AI-driven Cadence® Cerebrus™ Intelligent Chip Explorer and the complete RTL-to-GDS digital full flow to accelerate the delivery of their latest low-power 5nm GPUs.

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that Imagination Technologies successfully utilized the AI-driven Cadence® Cerebrus™ Intelligent Chip Explorer and the complete RTL-to-GDS digital full flow to accelerate the delivery of their latest low-power 5nm GPUs.
  • By leveraging the Cadence Cerebrus generative AI capabilities in Cadence’s OnCloud platform, which enables pay-for-use flexibility and massive scalability, Imagination automatically reduced leakage power by 20% and total power by 6% while simultaneously improving area and performance.
  • “With the powerful combination of Cadence Cerebrus and the complete Cadence digital full flow, our team was able to automate processes that were previously manual, which saved us time and helped us achieve our PPA goals.”
    “The AI-driven Cadence Cerebrus and the broader Cadence digital full flow are specifically designed for complex, next-generation designs like Imagination’s low-power 5nm GPUs,” said Dr. Venkat Thanvantri, corporate vice president of AI R&D in the Digital & Signoff Group at Cadence.
  • For more information on Cadence Cerebrus and the available SaaS model, visit www.cadence.com/go/cerebrusbcpr .

Unified Acceleration Foundation Forms to Drive Open Accelerated Compute and Cross-Platform Performance

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

BILBAO, Spain, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, a cross-industry group committed to delivering an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications. Hosted by the Linux Foundation's Joint Development Foundation (JDF), the Unified Acceleration Foundation brings together ecosystem participants to establish an open standard for developing applications that deliver performance across a wide range of architectures.  

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  • The Unified Acceleration Foundation promotes an Open, Unified Standard Accelerator Programming Model that Delivers Cross-Platform Performance and Productivity
    BILBAO, Spain, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation , a cross-industry group committed to delivering an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications.
  • Hosted by the Linux Foundation's Joint Development Foundation (JDF), the Unified Acceleration Foundation brings together ecosystem participants to establish an open standard for developing applications that deliver performance across a wide range of architectures.
  • "The Unified Acceleration Foundation exemplifies the power of collaboration and the open-source approach," said Jim Zemlin, Executive Director at the Linux Foundation.
  • To learn more about the Unified Acceleration Foundation, including how to get involved as a developer or member, visit www.UXLFoundation.org .

Pixelworks Shanghai Subsidiary Appoints Wallace Pai as Chief Operating Officer

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced its Shanghai-based subsidiary, Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("PWSH"), has appointed Wallace Pai as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Pai will be responsible for all engineering and management of the PWSH business units, reporting directly to Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai, Todd DeBonis.

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  • Experienced Global Semiconductor Leader Strengthens Executive Team; Further Prepares Pixelworks Shanghai Subsidiary for Planned IPO on Shanghai STAR Exchange
    SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced its Shanghai-based subsidiary, Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("PWSH"), has appointed Wallace Pai as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
  • Pai will be responsible for all engineering and management of the PWSH business units, reporting directly to Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai, Todd DeBonis.
  • Pai is seasoned global executive with deep semiconductor industry experience spanning numerous leading multinational companies.
  • "Our Shanghai subsidiary is increasingly poised for rapid expansion, and Wallace's broad semiconductor experience in the Asia Pacific region will be a tremendous asset to our strategic growth initiatives," stated Todd DeBonis, President and CEO of Pixelworks, Inc. and Chairman of Pixelworks Shanghai.