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Imagination Technologies said to have signed on with Sony for PSP successor
Engadget — ... PowerVR architecture being used in the successor to the PSP. More specifically, according to EETimes' unnamed sources, the PSP 2 will be using Imagination's SGX55x core, which itself, of course, still hasn't been officially announced either. As EETimes notes, if that turns out to be the case, it would certainly be quite the coup for Imagination, especially considering that its PowerVR MBX technology has already found its way into the iPhone, among other devices. [Via EETimes.com, thanks Rob E] Filed under: Gaming Imagination Technologies said to have ...

Imagination Technologies' PowerVR Graphics Chip Rumoured to Power Sony PlayStation Portable Successor
X-bit labs — Imagination Technologies Group, a leading developer of graphics processing technologies, said this week that had signed a license agreement with a major international consumer electronics company , for a high-performance forthcoming member of Imagination s PowerVR SGX graphics processor family. Neither exact terms of the deal nor the name of the partner were disclosed in ImgTec s press releases, however, according to rumours cited by EETimes web-site, the PowerVX SGX 550-series graphics technology will power the successor to Sony PlayStation Portable video game console, which ...

Rumor: Imagination Technologies, Sony team up for PSP successor
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... While it's not rumor that Britain-based Imagination Technologies has signed a license agreement with an undisclosed new partner, it is a rumor that this unnamed company happens to be Sony Corp. Despite a press release from Imagination Technologies only calling it "a ...

Are Sony Already Building The PSP2? [Rumor]
Kotaku — ... are also the team behind the iPhone's graphics processor, though the one mooted for the PSP2 - the unannounced SGX55x - is obviously more powerful. But on the other hand...this is some vague, vague stuff. Anyway, neither party is going to come out and provide confirmation on this, so don't bother waiting for any. Instead, spend your time wondering what this news/rumour even means to you, since it doesn't hint at a release date and concerns a processor that's not even out yet! Has Imagination added Sony to Apple consumer design win? [EETimes, thanks Bruce!]

Sony PSP 2 on the way
PR News: — ... PlayStation Portable, with the news that they have signed a deal with Imagination Technologies Group plc. The company is the licensor of graphics processor cores, and their latest GPU is the POWERVR SGX graphics. Sources have said that Imagination are to provide an upgrade for the Sony PSP 2, and they will provide a SGX graphics processor core, which is expected to be the SGX55x. Imagination already provide the PowerVR MBX, which is used in the Apple iPhone 3G. Source