On May 8, 2025, Imagination Technologies unveiled its E-Series GPU IP, redefining the design of edge artificial intelligence and graphics systems. Designed specifically for edge AI, this GPU series offers scalable INT8/FP8 compute performance ranging from 2 to 200 TOPS, with AI performance improvements up to 400% and power efficiency enhancements of 35% compared to its predecessors. The E-Series GPU supports applications such as graphics rendering, natural language processing, industrial computer vision, and autonomous driving, covering fields including smartphones, automotive electronics, and industrial vision. Its core innovations include Neural Cores and Burst Processors, with the former significantly boosting AI and computational performance, and the latter enhancing power efficiency through innovative architectural design. Additionally, the E-Series GPU boasts robust multitasking capabilities, increasing the number of hardware-accelerated, zero-overhead virtual machines from 8 to 16, and is compatible with interfaces like OpenCL, facilitating developers in deploying workloads. Leveraging these technological innovations, the E-Series GPU won the "Excellent AI IP Award of the Year" in the "2025 Semiconductor Market Innovation Performance Awards," while Imagination Technologies was honored with the "AI Market Leader Award of the Year."
