Open access
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Introducing Open Access
Did you think that Imagination’s high-quality IP was out of your reach? If you are a scale-up company you will love how Open Access gives you access to a range of Imagination graphics and AI technology without any licensing costs at all, with support provided on an “at cost” basis.
What’s more, you will only pay a royalty once you ship a product, so you only pay as you succeed. With Open Access, your company can start building differentiated SoC designs with relatively little upfront capital costs.
Enable your innovation
Why choose Open Access?
Reduce Risk
Imagination Open Access provides access to some of our class-leading, high-quality IP with no up-front cost. This IP has the advantage of being silicon-proven so you know it works.
Use leading software tools
Open Access gives companies everything they need to get their design right first time, such as our best-in-class software tools and SDKs.
Outstanding support
Deep expertise in helping companies integrate our IP into their SoC. Receive training and engineering support from expert engineers that work every day to support customers designing complex IP-based solutions.
Choice of API
Our GPU IP supports a wide range of APIs, from OpenGL ES 3.2 to Vulkan 1.2 and OpenCL 3.0. Support for Linux is also included.
| Available to: | All |
| License cost: | $0.00 |
| Support and Maintenance: (Six months over a maximum of two years that can be used for all Open Access IP |
$270,000 / $135,000 per year with the option to buy additional support at $50,000 per month |
How does Open Access work?
| Technology | IP name | Description |
| GPU | GE8100, GE8200, GE8300, GE8320 | PowerVR Series8XE offering 1, 2 and 4 PPC, Area and fillrate-focused cores, Open GL® ES 3.2x, Vulkan® 1.2, and OpenCL® 3.0 |
| NNA | AX3146, AX3386, AX3596 | PowerVR Series3NX neural network accelerator (NNA) solution Performance-density focused. 512, 2048, 4,096 MAC/clk or 1, 5, 10 TOPS @ 1.2GHz |
What IP is available?
Support and tools included
PVRTexTool
PVRTune
What our partners say about Open Access
“Imagination is a trusted member of our In-Kind Partner (IKP) program, offering access to their high-value PowerVR GPU and AI accelerator design IP for our Silicon Catalyst Portfolio Companies. We are delighted that the Open Access program will lower financial barriers, allowing a range of early-stage semiconductor companies to accelerate their SoC development. Combining our comprehensive IKP ecosystem resources with Imagination’s flexible and scalable IP solutions will help support the accelerated growth and market delivery of the innovations being crafted by companies in our Incubator.”
CEO of Silicon Catalyst
Frequently Asked Questions
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Open Access is open to everyone. We believe it is particularly suited to scale-up companies, that want to create their own silicon.
Yes, other IPs and software packages can be licensed under our standard licensing model.
Open access will include a set of GPU and NNA benchmarks and tools, which will allow you to pick the optimal IP for your platform.
Arm’s standard Flexible Access package provides access to a range of Arm IP, support, tools and training for an annual $200K fee. Once the customer tapes out their design they pay an additional license and once they reach production a unit-based royalty.
Open Access provides access to a range of Imagination IP, software, and tools with a $0 license fee. Unlike Arm, there is only a $135K/year fee for engineer support for the first two years. Customers also only pay a royalty once they reach production. This decreases with volume and follows the commercial model after 10Mu.
Yes, new IP will be added to the programme.
Open Access
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