Imagination Technologies announced a a new family of GPUs, ‘Series8XE Plus’, that is intended to provide the balance of performance and fillrate needed to enable gaming and compute applications on cost-sensitive devices with displays up to 1080P. Applications include premium set-top boxes, mid-range smartphones, and automotive infotainment systems. The new GPUs also have more features for enhanced in-system efficiency.
Series8XE Plus GPU hardware is desinged to work not only with the latest graphics APIs but also with more advancedd compute and vision APIs such as OpenVX 1.1 and OpenCL 1.2. In mid-range markets, Imagination said, this support is critical since such devices don’t typically incorporate dedicated hardware for vision and compute. 8XE Plus GPUs provide an area and power efficient solution for these tasks.
Optional features include PVRIC3 and 10-bit YUV for the STB/UHDTV market
Jon Peddie, president, JPR Research, said: “With these new GPUs, Imagination has demonstrated the greatest compute and fillrate density in the minimum silicon area. Balancing fillrate and FLOPS is the right approach for mid-range devices to provide consumers an enhanced experience, while maintaining the low area needed for price sensitive categories.”
