A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhone

Article: A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhone
By: Doug S (foo.delete@this.bar.bar), October 25, 2016 8:59 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Great article, David! I had been wondering why Apple had been hiring GPU engineers for years but weren't doing a custom GPU. Turned out they were, we just didn't know it.

Interesting that they seem to be taking a slower approach towards a full custom GPU than the 'big bang' they did with the A6 on the CPU side. Do you think this might have something to do with patents? i.e., so long as they are co-designing with Imagination, they can effectively lean on Imagination's patent agreements, whereas if they cut them out and went full custom they'd need a large GPU patent warchest to obtain the necessary cross licensing agreements.
< Previous Post in ThreadNext Post in Thread >
TopicPosted ByDate
A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneDavid Kanter2016/10/25 06:35 AM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneRicardo B2016/10/25 08:25 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneExophase2016/10/25 08:08 PM
      A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneExophase2016/10/25 11:39 PM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneDoug S2016/10/25 08:59 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhonedmcq2016/10/25 11:07 AM
      A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneMaynard Handley2016/10/25 05:28 PM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneGroo2016/10/30 09:28 PM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneGabriele Svelto2016/10/25 01:58 PM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneAndreas2016/10/26 02:48 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneGabriele Svelto2016/10/26 03:28 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneDoug S2016/10/26 08:06 AM
  A couple of typosJim Trent2016/10/26 07:15 AM
    A couple of typosDavid Kanter2016/10/26 01:22 PM
  A9 has non-DX tessellation pipelineanon2016/10/26 08:23 AM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneEd2016/10/27 04:52 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneanon2016/10/27 06:58 AM
      A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneIan Ollmann2021/07/28 02:27 PM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneDoug S2016/10/27 11:44 PM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhonePeter McGuinness2016/11/04 11:48 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneSalvatore De Dominicis2016/11/05 03:20 AM
    A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneNickK2017/01/23 03:36 PM
      A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneBrett2017/01/28 03:33 PM
        A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneIreland2017/01/28 04:02 PM
        A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneBrett2017/04/03 03:09 AM
        A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneAnon2017/04/04 04:15 PM
          A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneBrett2017/04/04 11:44 PM
  Imagination's Furian architectureDoug S2017/03/08 10:02 AM
    Imagination's Furian architectureGabriele Svelto2017/03/08 02:29 PM
  A Look Inside Apple’s Custom GPU for the iPhoneAnonymous coward2017/04/03 03:03 AM
Reply to this Topic
Name:
Email:
Topic:
Body: No Text
How do you spell tangerine? 🍊