Telechips buys Imagination PowerVR Series9XTP

Fabless chip marker Telechips has bought Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series9XTP tech for use in its in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and vehicle cockpit solutions.Leanne Lee, Future Strategy Group Leader, Telechips, said We selected Imaginations PowerVR Series9XTP GPUs for two reasons PowerVRs extensive history and experience in the automotive industry and its GPU virtualization capabilities. We needed a vendor that understood the unique challenges faced by the automotive market, and that offered a cost-efficient, flexible and futureproof solution, with the robustness needed for the target market. We found all of that in PowerVR and we look forward to collaborating with them on other automotive-focused projects in the future.The hardware virtualisation capabilities of the PowerVR architecture means it can host multiple operating systems (OS) using a single GPU core with no performance impact. Imaginations virtualisation tech apparently meets the automotives industry reliability criteria.