Imagination Improves Virtualized GPU Core to Support Multiple Screens

LONDON , Jan. 30, 2018 – Imagination Technologies announced a new GPU core that supports hardware virtualization specifically for the automotive environment. The new PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 GPU, which can simultaneously drive up to six 4K screens with complex UIs at 60fps, supports the multiple, ultra-high resolution displays for cluster, head-up display (HUD) and infotainment that automotive manufactures are fitting to car interiors from 2018 onwards.

The company says it already has licensees for the core, though multiple 4k screens are probably between three and five years away.

"This might be a long way away, but silicon is being designed for these today," said Kristof Beets, Imagination's senior director of product management.