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Imagination flags graphics processor teaching

Imagination flags graphics processor teaching

Imagination Technologies wants to raise the profile of mobile graphic processor design in university teaching with a new course as part of its online Imagination University Programme. “An Introduction to Mobile Graphics” includes a rich set of teaching materials and practical exercises and will be based around Imagination’s own PowerVR graphics processors (GPUs). According to Imagination, […]

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Imagination lets MIPS take academic plunge

Imagination lets MIPS take academic plunge

Imagination Technologies’ decision to reveal the inner-most secrets of the MIPS microprocessor architecture to academics could dramatically improve the teaching of electronics in universities. The MIPS architecture started off as an academic exercise by John Hennessy at Stanford University, and is the subject of a standard educational book by Hennessy and David Patterson. Imagination University

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Imagination opens MIPS to worldwide universities

Imagination opens MIPS to worldwide universities

Imagination is offering universities worldwide free and open access to its MIPS architecture as part of the Imagination University Programme (IUP) called MIPSfpga. Through MIPSfpga, Imagination is offering access to a fully-validated, current generation MIPS CPU RTL in a complete teaching package.CPU architecture is generally taught as part of electronic engineering, computer science and computer

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CES Imagination says GPUs can do more

CES: Imagination says GPUs can do more

Imagination Technologies says highly parallel graphics processors in mobile phones can be doing more processing. The UK-based company has announced a new PowerVR imaging framework for Android, which will allow computational photography and computer vision functions to be integrated into the phone’s camera applications. Processing intensive functions which are ideal for the low-power highly parallel

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