Sony uses more Imagination technology

System-on-chip designer Imagination Technologies has persuaded Japanese consumer electronics titan Sony to use more of its graphics chip technology.The UK company has signed a further licence agreement with Sony for intellectual property cores from Imagination's PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics family. Sony will deploy Imagination's technologies in system-on-chip units targeting consumer markets. Under the terms of the licence agreement Imagination receives licence fees and royalty revenues based on shipments of semiconductor products incorporating Imagination's intellectual property. --jh