India’s semiconductor market is growing rapidly owing to the rising demand for automotive, industrial and consumer electronics, the government’s focus on bolstering manufacturing capabilities, and the rise of the RISC-V open standard. The abundance of engineering talent in India has historically made it a sought after location for semiconductor development. However, the industry faces several challenges like the ongoing advancement of AI models plus the development of edge hardware for handling these models performantly and efficiently.

The UK-headquareted Imagination Technologies, present in India through three dedicated offices in Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune is stepping up to address these challenges. With skilled design teams and engineers contributing to its product roadmap across CPU and GPU, hardware and software, Imagination is offering solutions by increasing the compute capabilities of general purpose accelerators, while simultaneously providing developers with opportunities to quickly run compute applications via its developer friendly processors through a software stack based on open standards.

Diverse Range of Solutions

Established in 1985, Imagination is currently the only organization engaged in the semiconductor IP sector that allows its partners the real freedom to innovate. The idea behind this approach is to empower the customers and partners to create winning products that excel through differentiation, quality, and velocity. Unlike any other company, Imagination’s engineers deliver

practical ingenuity, unrestricted collaboration and deep experience building the products that fit the future, which has enabled the firm to gain 3000 patents since its founding.

Imagination’s GPU and RISC-V CPU IP products are meticulously customized to align with the unique requirements of the diverse markets that it caters. This helps the firm ensure that every customer gets access to the best performing products with features that are only relevant to the particular application. Imagination is also the leading supplier of GPU IP utilized in the automotive sector as a result of its superior processors, renowned for their safety and high performance. These products also offer immense flexibility in handling distinct operating systems simultaneously which makes them perfect for use in the cockpit, infotainment systems, and ADAS systems.

Imagination Technologies works by means of licensing as well as royalties through which clients can pay a license fee to access its IP, post which the firm receives royalty for every unit shipped

“We offer high performance, energy efficient soft GPU IP for customers in the desktop and data centre graphics card space looking to create differentiated, competitive solutions for Android and PC gaming. Else where our mobile GPU IP combines complex graphics effects, such as the most advanced ray tracing solution on the market, with performance efficiency. And our most area efficient cores - both on the GPU and RISC-V CPU side - still bring a rich feature set and advanced capabilities to the cost sensitive consumer market”, shares Tim Mamtora, Chief of Innovation and Engineering.

The company also offers its clients comprehensive post-sales support, which helps them further in bringing life to ideas. This freedom for innovation, flexibility, scalability, collaborative approach, and post-sales support are some of the key things that set the firm apart. Its experience, reliability, and product quality further enhance the firm’s position as a leading supplier.

Future Roadmap

Over the three decades, Imagination Technologies has grown exponentially, with a track record of driving client success. The company works by means of licensing as well as royalties through which clients can pay a license fee to access its IP, post which the firm receives royalty for every unit shipped.

With a stellar history, Imagination is dedicated to growing in the future by advancing its key edge markets through the design of IP products that help our customers bring intelligent and efficient silicon to market quickly. Through this strategy, the company aims to remain at the forefront of industry advancements and continue adding value for clients.