After restructuring the company Imagination Technologies expected to focus on promoting its family of graphics solutions PowerVR ,. The publication Ars Technica yesterday caused a lot of noise, saying that Apple's in talks to buy Imagination Technologies. The course of the last shares rose by 15-16%.
Apple admitted that it has really been negotiating with Imagination Technologies, but at the moment it is not going to offer any final deal. It is worth recalling that in 2004, Apple is a shareholder of Imagination Technologies, and currently Apple's share in the capital of this developer of graphics solutions, according to various sources, ranging from 8.4% to 9.5%. The company from Cupertino is still the fifth largest shareholder of Imagination Technologies. Possible amount of the transaction would probably exceeded $ 732 million -.
Add that Apple purchase of assets that are used in the development of its own processors . Back in 2008 it bought the company PA Semi, which has developed processors, which became the base for today's mobile devices Apple. PowerVR graphics system, Apple uses since the release the iPhone 4, so the control of the Imagination Technologies could be strengthened.