http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nintendodsill.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Talk of Nintendo using Tegra 2 gained support today through new sources of information that also point to a faster Sony PSP. Detailed explanations given to DigitalFoundry say the sequel to the DSi should use the future NVIDIA processor and not only see a "colossal" jump in speed versus the DS line but could be as fast as the Wii while supporting more visual effects.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/apple.boosts.imag.stake/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/iphone3gs-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple today dramatically increased its stake in PowerVR graphics designer Imagination Technologies through a purchase of a total of 13.72 million extra shares. The move, which includes both 2.2 million extra shares as well as 11.52 million shares on the existing market, well over doubles the original 3.6 percent stake bought late last year to 9.5 percent. It's believed the extra investment is a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/apple.boosts.imag.stake/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/27/apple.hires.ati.cto/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/amdmobilityradeonhd4860.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has quietly signaled a new emphasis on graphics by hiring an influential graphics chipset designer from AMD. The former CTO for the company's ATI graphics product group, Bob Drebin, has indicated on his LinkedIn profile that he is now a Senior Director for an unnamed group within Apple. What products he covers are unknown, though in addition to leading GPU engineering at ATI since 2000, he... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/27/apple.hires.ati.cto/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/powervr.sgx543mp/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/powervr.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Imagination Technologies fulfilled early promises by detailing its first multi-core, smartphone-class graphics chip in the PowerVR SGX 5XTSeries. The SGX543MP is now known to come in at least a dual-core version and scales up to 16 cores depending on the version; the change lets the graphics scale from low-power devices like small phones up to gaming consoles and other very 3D-intensive devices.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/powervr.sgx543mp/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/hp.joins.symbian.found/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/hpipaqdatamessenger.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia today bolstered the Symbian Foundation with the addition of multiple key new members. HP, MySpace and SanDisk lead the new sign-ons and each have their own different reasons for joining the open-source mobile OS project. HP hopes to improve its support for managing Symbian; MySpace hopes to further refine its MySpace app for the phone throuhg the open code; SanDisk hopes to improve the use... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/12/hp.joins.symbian.found/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/09/powervr.sgx543.and.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Imagination Technologies has quietly introduced a new PowerVR SGX chipset at CES that may point to the future of the iPhone and other graphics-intensive smartphones. The PowerVR SGX543 is the first to use a new platform which its creator estimates is much faster than older SGX and MBX chips. Its new, more vector-friendly graphics engine is about 40 percent faster than the previous SGX series in ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/09/powervr.sgx543.and.iphone/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/intel.stake.in.imagination/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/intelatom-quarter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel has countered Apple's investment in Imagination Technologies with an increased stake of its own. The semiconductor maker says it has bought just over 6.9 million shares in Britain-based Imagination to gain a 3.04 percent stake in the company and warns in a required statement that it may respond to any bid to acquire the company with a counter offer of its own, though it adds that there is n... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/intel.stake.in.imagination/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/18/apple.buys.into.img/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/iphone-handheld.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has made a heavy investment into another chip manufacturer, according to an announcement. The company has bought 8.2 million shares in the Imagination Technologies Group, giving it a ownership stake of 3.6 percent. IMG is perhaps best known for producing the PowerVR series of chips, used to accelerate graphics in mobile devices; as a result, Apple may now be in a position to use the chips ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/18/apple.buys.into.img/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/04/imagination.signs.deal/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/iphone-rogersmock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />System-on-a-Chip manufacturer Imagination Technologies on Thursday unveiled it has signed a multi-year licensing deal with an anonymous "international electronics systems company" which could confirm earlier rumors regarding Apple. In April, Imagination was found to be exploring a secret licensing deal with Apple, a move that would let Apple have exclusive distribution rights to its PowerVR SGX ch... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/04/imagination.signs.deal/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/powervr.sgx.based.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/iphone-rogersmock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple could have exclusive rights to a new 3D chip for its next incarnation from Imagination Technologies ñ the company behind the current device's Samsung-constructed graphics platform. AppleInsider reveals that the processor manufacturer entered into a secret licensing deal with Apple last July to supply the latter with its new graphics chipset, the PowerVR SGX. Samsung is currently licensing th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/30/powervr.sgx.based.iphone/ Thu, 01 May 2008 00:30:00 GMT