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Imagination Technologies to design RISC-V cores:
Now better known for its PowerVR embedded GPUs, Imagination Technologies tried to enter the CPU market by purchasing MIPS Technologies and introducing microAptiv, interAptiv, and proAptiv cores in 2012.
It did not end up well, as the company had to sell its MIPS technology a few years later, and the MIPS architecture is now barely supported. But Imagination is now working on getting back into the CPU space by designing RISC-V cores.
[...] a May 2021 report by the Financial Times claims Imagination expects to invest up to $150m over the next two years to target a fresh push into the processor design market, specifically citing the RISC-V architecture.
Also at Tom's Hardware.
See also: QEMU 6.1 Released With RISC-V Improvements, AMD Emulation Fixes
Related: Imagination Technologies Acquired for $675 Million, MIPS to be Sold Off
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 28 2021, @04:14AM (1 child)
Mips was originally SGI. And, SGI was badass back in the day. In the 90's, SGI workstations had video cards about the size of an ATX motherboard to be able to fit all the video ram on them.
Apple didn't own nor use mips ever. At least, as a main processor.
Apple used MOS 6502 (and Zilog z80 in an add-in card), Motorola 68000 (and lisp machine processor in an add-in card), ARM (for their newton; and they invested in ARM company), IBM PPC (with x86 in an add-in card), x86 and arm again.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Saturday August 28 2021, @04:37AM
Apple used Imagination's PowerVR [wikipedia.org] graphics IP in iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch, up until 2017:
Imagination Technologies will Continue to Make GPUs after Losing its Biggest Customer [soylentnews.org]
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