Discussions with Apple regarding license agreement
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#2Does this mean cheaper iPhones?! (huehuehue)
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#3Judging by the tone used in that press release, they are in deep trouble. It does not even matter that £60.7 million is a small portion of their business. It could be the opposite of what happened to ARM when Apple decided to put their chips into Newton.
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#4> Further, Imagination believes that it would be extremely challenging to design a brand new GPU architecture from basics without infringing its intellectual property rights, accordingly Imagination does not accept Apple’s assertions.
I know that designing new GPU from scratch isn't an easy task - but is it THAT hard that they don't trust that one of the richest companies in the world is capable of doing it?
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#5This is interesting:
"Imagination believes that it would be extremely challenging to design a brand new GPU architecture from basics without infringing its intellectual property rights, accordingly Imagination does not accept Apple’s assertions."
Could Apple not be using someone else's IP, for example from NVidia or AMD?
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#6> Apple license fees and royalties, as disclosed in Imagination’s Annual Report, represented revenue of £60.7 million for the year ended 30 April 2016 and are expected to be approximately £65 million for the year ending 30 April 2017
> Imagination believes that it would be extremely challenging to design a brand new GPU architecture from basics without infringing its intellectual property rights.
Well Apple has a ~$75m per year incentive to do just that, so I Imagination better hope they've really got a stranglehold on all the necessary IP.
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#7> Further, Imagination believes that it would be extremely challenging to design a brand new GPU architecture from basics without infringing its intellectual property rights, accordingly Imagination does not accept Apple’s assertions. I know that designing new GPU from scratch isn't an easy task - but is it THAT hard that they don't trust that one of the richest companies in the world is capable of doing it?
Intellectual property is complicated - there must be some patent that Apple would infringe anyway. Perhaps the one on breathing...
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#8In my opinion, IT reaction is not wise. No matter if this comes after acquisition negotiation, or not, who is going to engage with IT in another long term partnership with such level of reaction? (not sure if it could be qualified as bullying or not)
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#9Does this mean cheaper iPhones?! (huehuehue)
Ummm No. It probably means more money on Apple's cash pile in Ireland.
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#10This is interesting: "Imagination believes that it would be extremely challenging to design a brand new GPU architecture from basics without infringing its intellectual property rights, accordingly Imagination does not accept Apple’s assertions." Could Apple not be using someone else's IP, for example from NVidia or AMD?
If licensed to do so, that's how ARM works as far as I've known.