Since the Cupertino guys decided to stop betting on Samsung for iPhone processors, the Cupertino guys They have been designing their own processors but not the GPUs of their devices. Imagination Technologies is responsible for this, a company located in the United Kingdom that a few hours ago saw its stock market value plummet after the announcement made by Apple, stating that in the next two years, it will begin to implement its own GPUs, of this way every time a device is sold the guys from Imagination Technologies will let money in, which has caused the company's shares to drop 70% minutes after the announcement.
If this announcement is finally confirmed, the A12 chip would be the first to be accompanied by a graphics designed by Apple in California (and probably made in China). To try to stop the brutal fall that the shares of this British company have suffered, a company spokesperson has published the following statement:
Apple has not presented any evidence to substantiate its claim that Imagination technology is no longer required, without violating the company's patents, intellectual property, and confidential information. This evidence has been requested by Imagination but Apple has refused to provide it. Furthermore, the company believes that it would be very difficult to design a new GPU architecture without infringing on its intellectual property rights.
Apple has more than proven its worth when designing its own processors and now it is the turn of graphics, but as we can see in the Imagination Technologies statement It is going to be very complicated if you do not want to make use of any of the patents that the British company has registered in your name. It should be remembered that GPUs are currently designed in collaboration with Imagination Technologies to perfectly match the processor and all the hardware, but it was the logical step after having put our head in the world of processors.