Imagination will receive licence and customisation income and will also get royalty revenues when Sharp ships products using the IP cores.
The company's IP includes graphics/video cores, real-time DSP-enabled multi-threaded processors, and communication and broadcast technologies for the consumer entertainment and PC markets.
The META multi-threaded processor architecture, from the Metagence division, provides multiple real-time programming contexts that can operate independently and concurrently. This allows systems that would otherwise require multiple dedicated processors to be implemented on one device.
The Ensigma UCC is a flexible and programmable communication processing unit designed for use in higher performance devices.
PowerVR's scalable technology covers consumer graphics and visual applications ranging from embedded systems to location-based entertainment.