An industry built on sand: the 70th anniversary of the invention of the transistor

Transistors are the unsung hero of the internet age yet few people outside the semiconductor industry are aware they exist. The first transistor was.

Who wouldn’t want to be Knight Rider?

In the early 1980s, TV was full of exciting new fantasies about how technology would change our lives. From digital watches that would make us invisible.

When technology gets spooky

As a former technology journalist it’s not often I find myself bamboozled by technology, but the other day it happened. I was in the process of upgrading.

Training convolutional neural networks for efficient inference

As technology buzzwords go, we think you’d be hard-pressed to find two that are more prevalent right now than neural networks and artificial intelligence;.

Neural networks – a guide for my mom

My mother is a retired nurse. She’s an intelligent woman, and when it comes to caring for patients, really knows her stuff. The other day I told her I was.

Why the PowerVR Series2NX NNA is the future of neural net acceleration

For many, PowerVR is closely associated with graphics technology, from the early days of desktop PC gaming to arcade consoles, and later to home consoles.

Face detection and identification using OpenCL on PowerVR GPUs

In previous blog posts, we have demonstrated using neural networks to do things such as object recognition and digit recognition. In this post, we will.

An industry perspective on PowerVR’s 25th anniversary

As we celebrate 25 years of PowerVR, it’s only right that we also look to those in the industry for their thoughts – from those that worked on the.

PowerVR 25 – the Developer Technology team cupboards laid bare!

As mentioned on the blog a couple of times this month, Imagination’s PowerVR graphics is celebrating its twenty-five-year anniversary this summer! That’s.