arstechnica.com - 12/19/2008
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Apple buys nearly 4 percent of the company responsible for the iPhone's graphics tech. The deal is a good indication that Apple will leverage its next-gen tech for a future iPhone. Read More...
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Does Imagination license spell HD-out for future iPhones?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, iPhoneOver at Ars Technica, Chris Foreman dives into yesterday's story that Imagination Technologies Group, developer of the PowerVR chip for mobile device displays, has a licensing agreement with Apple for its chip designs (long suspected by AppleInsider but only just confirmed) and that Apple has picked up a chunk of ITG stock; cnet puts it at $5 million worth for a 3.6% stake. The 'smoking gun' press release from Imagination that was linked yesterday has mysteriously disappeared from ...
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