Imagination Announces PowerVR Series7 Graphics, Likely Headed for Apple's 2015 iOS Devices

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imagination technologies today announced launch of next-generation powervr series7 graphics architecture, setting stage further improvements graphics used in apple's ios device lineup.
of interest apple users series7xt family, successor series6xt graphics used in apple's latest a8-series chips. new series7xt family ranges 2 16 shading clusters offering 512 cores of graphics processing power, giving developers ability include "console-quality effects" such hdr , 4k rendering in mobile apps.
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apple uses quad-core gx6450 graphics in a8 chip iphone 6 , 6 plus, , more powerful six-core gx6650 graphics in a8x chip found in ipad air 2.

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powervr graphics architectures have typically taken on order of 18 months announcement of licensing appearance in products, things moved faster current series6xt offerings. announced in january @ ces 2014 made way apple's a8 chip in iphone 6 , 6 plus 8 months later, suggesting new series7xt graphics appear in next year's a9 chips apple.

imagination , apple have worked closely on years, apple being key investor in graphics firm raised stake roughly 10 percent in mid-2009.

article link: imagination announces powervr series7 graphics, headed apple's 2015 ios devices
 

they seeing 40-60% improvements in standard benchmarks similar cluster , clock configurations. safe healthy bump, not monumental improvement. a7 a8 gpu situation comparable.
 


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