Imagination Technologies este producatorul chip-urilor grafice utilizate in ultimele 5 modele ale terminalelor iPhone si ale tabletelor iPad, iar astazi comania a prezentat PowerVR Series6XT, succesorul chip-ului grafic prezent in iPhone 5S, iPad Air si iPad Mini cu Ecran Retina. Oferind o creste in performante de pana la 50% in benchmark-urile standard, PowerVR Series6XT este prezentat de catre Imagination Technologies ca fiind cel mai puternic chip grafic de acest gen cand vine vorba despre performantele in GFLOPS/mm2 si GFLOPS/mW.
Series6XT cores achieve up to a 50% performance increase on the latest industry standard benchmarks compared to equivalent configurations of previous generation cores. And with a significant increase in raw GFLOPS, Series6XT delivers the industry’s best performance in both GFLOPS/mm2 and GFLOPS/mW. Series6XT is designed to be a moderate feature upgrade and power/performance optimization pass for Series6, integrating various innovations over the past couple of years to keep Imagination’s designs performance and feature competitive. Series6XT comes 2 years after Series6 licensing was announced at CES 2012, and roughly half a year after the first SoCs implementing Series6 GPUs were released to consumers.
Desi vorbim despre un chip grafic foarte performant care s-ar potrivi perfect intr-o tableta iPad Pro ce ar avea un ecran cu rezolutie 4K, din pacate se pare ca PowerVR Series6XT nu ar putea fi implementat in terminale mobile pana anul viitor. Apple va cauta cu siguranta sa expedieze procesul pentru a putea beneficia de puterea de procesare a acestui chip in iDevice-urile sale, insa ramane de vazut daca acordurile de licentiere si perfectionarea procesului tehnologic de fabricatie ii vor permite sa ne aduca pe piata noi dispozitive cu sporuri majore in ceea ce priveste performantele.
