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

imagination technologies today announced launch of next-generation powervr series7 graphics architecture, setting stage further improvements graphics used in apple's ios device lineup.

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series7xt , series7xe gpus achieve 60% architectural performance increase on latest industry standard benchmarks compared equivalent configurations of previous generation powervr series6xt/6xe gpus, maintaining , extending powervr's reputation efficient, highest performance, lowest power gpu.

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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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- powervr gt7200: 2 shading clusters, 64 alu cores
- powervr gt7400: 4 shading clusters, 128 alu cores
- powervr gt7600: 6 shading clusters, 192 alu cores
- powervr gt7800: 8 shading clusters, 256 alu cores
- powervr gt7900: 16 shading clusters, 512 alu cores

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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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table adapted anandtech​

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.

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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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