Peter Clarke, EETimes
11/10/2011 6:07 AM EST
LONDON – According to the slide set distributed by processor intellectual property licensor ARM to accompany its announcement of the Mali-T658 graphics core, Intel is a semiconductor partner within the "Mali graphics ecosystem."
The situation is surprising given Intel's competitive position with ARM on general purpose processor technology and because Intel is thought to have an internal graphics development capability and is also a licensee of PowerVR cores from ARM's graphics rival, Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England).