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© Imagination Technologies Corporate May 2014 – ForDistribution 1 www.imgtec.com
May 2014
Corporate Overview
© Imagination Technologies Corporate May 2014 – ForDistribution 2
Company overview
Leading silicon, software & cloud IP supplier
Multimedia, processors, communications, cloud
Licensing & royalties based business model
Targeting high volume, high growth markets
Semiconductor manufacturers and OEMs
Mobile, home consumer, automotive,
storage, networking, infrastructure, IoT
Pure: our strategic product division
Digital radio, connected audio, home automation
Established technology powerhouse
Founded 1985; London FTSE 250 (IMG.L)
UK HQ; global operations with ~1,600 employees
Comprehensive IP
portfolio for SoCs
& cloud connectivity
IP business pathfinder
Market maker/driver
Cloud Multimedia
General Processing
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Imagination is global Growing R&D, support and sales world-wide
Our operations reflect both our customers’ needs
and global engineering centres of excellence
UK: global HQ 4 R&D centres
Europe: growing R&D Poland, Stockholm, Lund
USA: a major focus >250 people; 6 US offices
R&D, support, sales
India: key R&D centres Hyderabad, Pune, Bangalore
Asia: sales & support across every major country
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Consumers
OEMs and ODMs
Business model
Tracking consumer trends
to maximize leadership
and relevance of future
generations of all our IP
Licensees
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In more products than ever before
Note: now includes MIPS
More than 6 billion products
>3 million per day
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Our licensees and partners drive our business By region, by market, throughout the supply chain
Licensees Strategic Partners
SUNPLUS
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Imagination’s IP portfolio Everything needed to create connected SoC solutions
Unified Memory FlowCloud
Connectivity & Services
PowerVR Graphics & GPU Compute
Processors
PowerVR Video & Vision
Processors
Ensigma Communications
Processors
MIPS General
Processors
Each IP core is a class leader - when used with any other processors
Lowest power - under all operating conditions
Smallest silicon area - for any performance point
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Driving digital radio
Ensigma RPU delivers superior receivers
Driving connected audio
Caskeid® delivers leading-edge
multiroom audio performance
FlowCloud enables connected products
with updates, content & management
Enabling strategic engagements
Growing engagements with key players
developing around our audio platform
Pure’s products help drive our strategy
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Imagination is driving innovation
The next waves: wearables; IoT; smart homes; eHealth; ADAS…
We have the IP that enables new products and markets
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Building the MIPS ecosystem
Long term relationship to ensure full
support for Java on all 64-bit and 32-bit
MIPS platforms
Collaboration on solutions from
datacenter to IoT device
Also collaborating on support for PowerVR GPUs
Covers Oracle JDK, Java SE Embedded
and more
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Investing in the MIPS open source community
An open-source, community-driven,
collaborative, non-profit foundation targeting
and supporting the MIPS architecture – and
open to others
Enabling next-generation datacenter-to-
device; truly portable software; virtualized
architectures
Bringing together industry leaders from
across the extensive MIPS community
Investing in innovation in efficiency,
portability and compatibility
Data center, networking & storage,
connected consumer and embedded/IoT
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Imagination – at the heart of the future
We have the best technologies to power tomorrow
Hardware: performance per mm2 and per mW
Software: superior integration & maturity
Solutions: SoC IP subsystems and IP platforms
We are partner-focused
Deep and long-term relationships
Influencing every aspect of supply chains
Our ecosystems are large and growing
Across all our IP families
Encompassing all forms of apps, content, solutions
End to end supply chain partnerships growing
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The industry’s most comprehensive portfolio
Communications IP Ensigma RPU: Wi-Fi; Bluetooth; Sensors
Ensigma RPU: TV, Radio receivers
Ensigma NPU: Packet Processing; Crypto
HelloSoft: V.VoIP & VoLTE
Multimedia IP PowerVR GPU: 3D graphics
PowerVR GPU: Parallel GPU compute
PowerVR RTU: Ray Tracing graphics
PowerVR VPU: Video; Cameras; Imaging
General Processor IP MIPS P-class: Performance
MIPS I-class: Integration & efficiency
MIPS M-class: Microcontrollers
Operating Systems: Android; Linux; RTOS
Cloud IP FlowCloud: Infrastructure
FlowCloud: Baseline services
FlowAudio: Music & Radio
FlowTalk: V.VoIP RCS client
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PowerVR: the established GPU leader
Industry’s leading power efficiency
Industry’s leading area efficiency
Unrivalled performance under real
operating conditions thanks to TBDR*
Latest Series6XT moves performance
efficiency to a new level
Unrivalled graphics; GPU compute delivers exceptional performance
PowerVR GPUs set the benchmark for mobile graphics & GPU compute
Graphics
Video & Vision
Comms
CPUs
* TBDR: Tile Based Deferred Rendering
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Mobile GPUs now 200x the first smartphones
x
20x
40x
60x
80x
100x
120x
140x
160x
180x
200x
220x
240x
260x
280x
300x
Rela
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rap
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Whilst keeping the overall power consumption low
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
But essential to keep power
consumption under control !
PowerVR Series4
PowerVR Series5
PowerVR Series5XT
PowerVR Series6/6XT
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Keeping PowerVR GPUs ahead of the pack Expanding the envelope from low end to high end for each generation
PowerVR Series4 ‘MBX’
PowerVR Series6 ‘Rogue’
PowerVR Series6XT
PowerVR Series6XE
PowerVR Series5XT ‘SGX’
PowerVR Series7
PowerVR Series8
For each generation:
Wider performance envelope
Increased efficiency
Lower power for better performance
Smaller area for better performance
Shorter cadences to next generation
Perf
orm
ance
Time
PowerVR Series5 ‘SGX’
Cadence
Perfo
rmance E
nvelo
pe
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Creating the next revolution in graphics
PowerVR ‘Wizard’ GPUs launched March 2014
New family of ray tracing-enabled GPUs
Based the PowerVR Series6XT ‘Rogue’ architecture
Enables more immersive games and apps
Real-life dynamic lighting models
Enables more immersive Augmented Reality experiences
Transforms the task of content creation
Can transform content as YouTube did for video
Interactive photo-realistic imagery – in a tablet
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Creating the ecosystem Making ray tracing accessible to everyone
• Launched at Maker Faire
San Mateo 18th May
• Simple to use plugin to SketchUp
• As easy to use as a digital
camera – one button operation
• Uses OpenRL-based ray tracing
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VPU video: efficiency at blazing speeds
Video >70% network traffic & going 4K!
Compression with no compromise is essential
HEVC & H.265 essential to cope with future demand
Standards very well defined and stable
Fully optimised using configurable hardware
Fully programmable video engines waste silicon
and power for mainstream applications
PowerVR Series4 VPU
<10mW for 1080p60 HD decode in 28HPM
Full support for 10-bit colour, 4K for UHDTV
Full support for 4:4:4, 4:2:2
Video processor architectures need optimised hardware, flexibility and high compression for encode
MCU Entropy Decoder
Accumulator
Multi-mode Motion
Processor
Multi-mode Post-
processing
Multi-mode Quantisation/
Transform Engine
Stream
in
Video
out
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CPUs: everywhere and growing
Every product has many CPUs and MCUs
CPUs are everywhere – it’s an enormous and growing IP market
Smart Phone:
5-10 CPUs
Smart Car:
30-50 CPUs
Smart House:
100s of CPUs
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MIPS: changing the game
World’s most mature 64/32 bit architecture
MIPS Series5 Warrior CPU core portfolio:
M class: ultimate embedded
I class: ultimate power/performance
P class: ultimate performance
Industry leading PPA* across the range
Area up to 40% less than competitors
Unique multi-threading for multi-core
Strengthening Android, Linux, RTOS support
Powering the connected SoC
Changing the CPU landscape from low to high end – welcomed by industry
Graphics
Video & Vision
Comms
CPUs
Networking
Infrastructure
Enterprise
Wearable
computing
Tablets
Set-Top Box * PPA: Power, Performance, Area
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MIPS: changing the game
World’s most mature 64/32 bit architecture
MIPS Series5 Warrior CPU core portfolio:
M class: ultimate embedded
I class: ultimate power/performance
P class: ultimate performance
Industry leading PPA* across the range
Area up to 40% less than competitors
Unique multi-threading for multi-core
Strengthening Android, Linux, RTOS support
Powering the connected SoC
Changing the CPU landscape from low to high end – welcomed by industry
Graphics
Video & Vision
Comms
CPUs
* PPA: Power, Performance, Area
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Ensigma comms: the next wave
Wi-Fi solutions to 802.11ac gaining traction
Wi-Fi/BT/FM combo IP just announced
Multi-standard TV gaining market share
Scalable technology
New ultra low-power interfaces
Ideal for IoT sensors
The most efficient multi-standard on-chip communications solution available
Connected SoCs are the future The Ensigma RPU is the ideal scalable and proven answer
Graphics
Video & Vision
Comms
CPUs
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Making the Internet of Things reality Our technologies power devices – and the best way to connect them
Well-defined APIs
Basic services
“shrink-wrapped”
Device to Cloud
Device to Device
Subscription &
transaction-based
business model
Optional value-
added services
Music, radio, VoIP
Health
Toys
Home
Industrial
Lighting
Security
Examples of
3rd party apps
powered by Flow
Powered by
Powered by
Powered by
Powered by
Powered by
Powered by
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Wireless audio as good as wired: Caskeid®
Patented technology to precisely synchronize audio streams over Wi-Fi
Uses industry standard Wi-Fi (802.11)
Wireless speaker solutions built around SoCs using Imagination’s Ensigma
and FlowCloud connectivity IP
Perfectly synchronised multiple speakers
…as many as you like!
Fully integrated with FlowAudio
Available for licensing now
Example of technologies developed by Pure
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Enabling rich video &voice over IP VoLTE, V.VoIP & RCS software delivers ultimate solution
Integrated and unified solution Includes voice, video and rich communications
EVQM (Enhanced Voice Quality Management)
DVQM (Dynamic Video Quality Management)
Common stack and optimized media engine
Any platform Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, RTOS
Multiple access networks Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G/LTE, 10/100 Ethernet
Any mobile or consumer device Smartphones, tablets, PCs, TVs, STBs, CPE, cars
Any processor MIPS, x86, ARM, other DSPs and CPUs
UI Stacks Media Engine
Voice Pre-Processing
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Innovation in SoCs: IP platforms
Enabling IP platforms
Customer Solutions
Connected Car
Connected Home
Mobile Internet of
Things Enterprise
Infra-structure
Wearables
Customer technologies & know-how
Ecosystems software, tools,
apps, middleware, hardware
PowerVR
Multimedia
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Connected processor IP platform The heart of tomorrow’s smart IoT sensors
Memory FlowCloud
Connectivity & Services
Ensigma Communications
Processors
MIPS General
Processors
IoT sensors will need to be much more intelligent to manage data
Connectivity for IoT needs to be integrated from cloud to device to be efficient and achieve required scale
ADC
DAC
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PowerVR heterogeneous vision IP platform
Applies
Imagination’s
decades of
experience in
video systems
Multiple IP blocks working together to deliver amazing performance
Encoded Video Output
Multi-stream 4K vision platform
Multiple Imaging Sensors
Input
PowerVR Raptor
Camera ISP
PowerVR GPU Compute
Low latency zero memory
video encode path
Customer’s vision IP
Re-entrant vision
functions path
Image
stream
and
statistics
GPU
compute Stats-aided
encode
MIPS Algorithm PU
CPU
compute
Total imaging solution from sensor through GPU to encoder VPU
Designed to enable unique customer IP to be fully integrated
MIPI
Subsystem Bus with PVRIC lossless low latency compression
PowerVR Video Encoder
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Some key trends
Smartphone and tablet markets maturing
Advances now propagating into other markets, from cars to servers
Wearables are a new serious category
MIPS a key player thanks to lower power consumption, small size
Apps becoming more portable
HTML5, LLVM enabling high performance across many OS platforms
IoT connectivity & cloud data key
Visual and other sensors enabling more context-aware functions
Security becoming a key focus
MIPS Series5 multi-context scalable security from low to high end
Moore’s law is breaking down – but it doesn’t matter
New SoCs from 16FF to >90nm entering MP – it’s the solution that matters
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From IP cores to SoCs to end products
End product features massively influenced by SoC capabilities
SoCs define what an end product can or cannot do
End products have around 1+ year concept to launch cycle times
SoCs enabled by IP cores
New SoCs have 2+ year design start to production cycle times
Complex IP cores take at least 2-3 years to develop
A long innovation path demanding vision
IP development SoC
development Product
development
Your vision
needs to be
right!
5-7 years
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From closed to open
The new era: ISA dependence is coming to an end..
Only approved
ARM-based chips
The old days: Restricted
hardware platform; high cost for OS
per phone; dominated by
Nokia
Native OS
support
Operating
System Apps
Native
Compiler
Portable
binary
(LLVM)
Binary
translation
ARM x86 MIPS
SoC Platform CPUs
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The digital home revolution is coming
Consumers expect their content
everywhere
Streamed from the cloud and locally
controlled by smartphones & tablets
Everything must work together
Multimedia, home automation, security,
eHealth must all join up
Imagination delivers system level
IP to help make this a reality
FlowCloud: hardware + software
infrastructure & services
FlowAudio: music and radio
FlowTalk: V.VoIP telephony
Caskeid®: high performance, ultra low
latency multiroom audio streaming
Everything going wireless – but will they work together?
Ecosystem
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The “Internet of Things” will reach everywhere Everything is getting “smart”
Phone
Computer
TV/Radio
Car
Healthcare
Security
Home
Automation
Toys
Industrial
Everything!
We need connected solutions for everything!
…and more to come…
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Each processor’s architecture highly tuned Optimised blend of programmable, configurable and fixed function hardware
MIPS CPU
Programmable Software Execution
Fixed Cache
Ensigma RPU
Programmable Control
Configurable Filters
Configurable Coding Engines
Programmable Modulation
PowerVR VPU
Programmable Control
Configurable Motion
Configurable Quantisation &
Transform
Configurable Post Processing
PowerVR GPU
Programmable Shaders
Configurable Data Engines
Programmable Shaders Programmable
Shaders Programmable Shaders
Fixed Cache
Programmable uKernel
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GPUs: increasingly dominating SoC processing
GPUs enable most advanced user interfaces
GPU performance defines the latest games
GPUs are inherently more scalable than CPUs
OpenCL, OpenGL ES3.1, RS unlock GPU compute
GPUs occupying more silicon
area in each generation
65nm SoC
CPU
GPU
Video Decode
40nm SoC
Video Decode
SMP CPU SMP CPU
SMP 4-pipe GPU
4-pipe GPU
MP
4-pipe GPU
4-pipe GPU Other IP
& Memory
28nm SoC
Video Decode
SMP CPU
SMPCPU
SMP
SMPCPU
SMPCPU
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
MP
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
GPU cluster
Other IP & Memory
Video Encode
GPUs are delivering mass market parallel processing, enabling a revolution in software
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GPU performance: faster yet lowest power M
ob
ile
GP
U p
roc
es
sin
g p
ow
er
(lo
g)
Time
12GFLOPs
2013
128GFLOPs
2014 2015
256GFLOPs
24GFLOPs
48GFLOPs
Widening GPU
performance envelope – but power
budget remains static!
GPU processing increasing >2x per year – for both low and high-end Envelope of GPU performance widening ~2x per year between low and high-end
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Memory bandwidth: another key constraint
Advanced SoCs limited by the speed and volume of available memory
Time
25 Gbyte/s
50 Gbyte/s
Today
0
10
20
30
40
50
Gbyte/s
Wide I/O memory increasingly essential
Imagination’s IP is the most efficient, so uses the least bandwidth
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Power: the ultimate battleground
Power and thermal constraints increasingly dominate
major design decisions for all SoCs
Not just for mobile
Thermal envelope is vital for mobile products
Or it just throttles performance – and burns your hand!
Benchmarks usually ignore power
Sustained performance in a real system is what matters
Benchmark vendors responding to Imagination’s call for
measurement of power and sustained performance over time
Already dominates 28nm design; will define sub 20nm SoCs
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GPU power efficiency and thermal impact
High power consumption = heat = risk of thermal panic = reduced performance
Thermal shutdown of GPU = Performance Hit
Data courtesy of Anandtech.com
Competitor B
PowerVR
Competitor A
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Its not just the GPU: VPU power consumption Video transcode example
Data courtesy of Anandtech.com
Competitor B
PowerVR
VXD & VXE
(Intel Clovertrail )
Competitor A
PowerVR video requires
lower power & gives
higher performance –
finishes first
Transcode Power consumption
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Connectivity integration for cost-sensitive SoCs RF to baseband on-chip for highly cost-optimized embedded applications
Radio Processor Unit (RPU)
Baseband communications
-Signal conditioning - Modulation/Coding - Error correction
Rx RF
ADC IF
TV & Radio Receivers
Tx RF
DAC IF
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Transceivers
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Connectivity integration for flexibility & upgrades Using SERDES to digital tuners, OEMs can qualify RF for multiple SoCs
GPU
VPU
RPU
CPU
SERDES
Multi-standard Tuner
Rx RF
ADC IF
Tx RF
DAC IF
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The Evolution of SoCs
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The evolution of SoCs We said that GPUs would go on chip: “teeth will be provided”
CPU
Graphics
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The evolution of SoCs We were right about that for mobile – and elsewhere
Graphics GPU
CPU
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The evolution of SoCs Video goes hand-in-hand with graphics
Graphics GPU
Video
CPU
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The evolution of SoCs The next trend: all comms and multi-sensor vision will go on-chip too
Graphics GPU
Video
CPU
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
TV & Radio
BTLE, Zigbee, NFC
Camera Processing
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The evolution of SoCs Additional programmable processor units (PUs) are essential
Graphics GPU
Video PU
Comms Radio PU
CPU
Vision PU
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Cloud connectivity
The evolution of SoCs Connecting devices to the cloud and to each other is also essential
Graphics GPU
Video PU
Comms Radio PU
CPU
Vision PU
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Unified Memory
FlowCloud Connectivity & Services
The result: Imagination’s IP portfolio Everything needed to create connected SoC solutions
PowerVR GPU
Graphics & GPU Compute Processors
PowerVR VPU
Video & Vision Processors
Ensigma RPU
Communications Processors
MIPS CPU General
Processors