Future iPhones to Support 4K Graphics and Advanced AR/VR With PowerVR Graphics

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PowerVR Furian

 

Imagination Technology recently announced PowerVR Furian, which is the company’s next-generation GPU that delivers significant improvements in graphics performance and power efficiency. The new technology could arrive to future iPhones.

 

PowerVR Furian will offer 70-90% improvement in real-world gaming performance by density and 35% better performance. Fill rate will improve by 80% compared to similar Series7XT Plus graphics processing units, which are based on the current PowerVR architecture.

 

An iPhone with PowerVR Furian could have lower power consumption and longer battery life, a criteria on the wishlist of many smartphone users.

 

PowerVR Furian was created to address “a new class of emerging applications, with a focus on efficient scalability that will extend to multiple generations of PowerVR IP cores. We’re excited to start rolling out the first 8XT IP cores based on Furian. These cores will further cement the leadership of PowerVR at the high end of mobile performance,” said Mark Dickinson, EVP PowerVR business unit, Imagination.

 

The first GPUs based on PowerVR Furian will arrive in mid 2017

Imagination Technologies revealed that the first graphic processing units will arrive in mid 2017, which means that they won’t be featured on the anniversary iPhone Edition. The technology has already been licensed to manufacturers and should be incorporated in mobile devices by the end of next year.

 

Apple equipped its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with custom versions of Series7XT Plus, while many other iPhone models featured PowerVR Rogue architecture. It’s safe to say that the new PowerVR Furian technology will appear on future iPhones. Upcoming devices will be able to support 4K graphics, higher-resolution gaming, machine learning apps and improved augmented/virtual reality capabilities.

 

Furthermore, Apple has been a stakeholder in Imagination Technologies, and the companies have worked closely together over the years with Apple being close to acquiring the company last year, but decided otherwise.

 

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