Apple’s making its own GPU ready for new realities
Apple has confirmed to a partner company it no longer requires its services, as the Cupertino-based firm is working on its own independent graphics chip design.
Apple told British chipset designer Imagination Technologies – a company Apple has been using for GPU tech since the first iPhone – that it will stop using its tech at some point in the next two years.
The statement confirmed Apple is “working on a separate, independent graphics design in order to control its products and will be reducing its future reliance on Imagination’s technology.”
That may mean we’re about to see a big improvement on the iPhone when it comes to gaming. Apple bringing graphics chip production in-house will give it more control over what the innards of the iPhone or iPad can do.
The dates suggest Apple will stop using the technology in the next 15 to 24 months, which would mean it could be ready for the new iPhone we see in September 2018.
This may also suggest Apple is readying itself to jump into the world of virtual or augmented reality tech.
