Apple Angkat Suara Soal Tudingan Imagination Technologies

Perusahaan chip GPU Imagination Technologies asal Inggris beberapa waktu dalam laporan keuangan tahunannya menuding Apple membuat tuduhan tidak berdasar mengenai teknologi chip grafisnya yang pengadopsiannya di iPhone dan iPad bakal dihentikan di masa mendatang.

Tidak lama berselang, tudingan Imagination Technologies akhirnya mendapatkan tanggapan langsung dari Apple. Seperti dilansir dari 9to5Mac, Apple mengatakan kecewa dengan tudingan mereka karena keliru dan menyesatkan.

Responding to the allegations, Apple said it’s been using less and less of Imagination’s technology in recent years and that the supplier would have no way of knowing how its future products are designed. “We’re disappointed in their response, which has been inaccurate and misleading,” Apple said.

We began working with Imagination in 2007 and stopped accepting new IP from them in 2015. After lengthy discussions we advised them on February 9 that we expected to wind down our licensing agreement since we need unique and differentiating IP for our products. We valued our past relationship and wanted to give them as much notice as possible to adapt their future plans.

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Tidak pelak, rencana Apple tersebut menjadi pukulan telak bag Imagination Technologies lantaran Apple adalah konsumen terbesar mereka. Untuk informasi, Imagination Technologies mendapakan pembayaran royalti sebesar 30 sen per perangkat dan bakal turun drastis menjadi 10 sen begitu kerja sama dihentikan.

[source site_name = “9to5Mac” site_url = “https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/07/apple-versus-imagination-technology/”][/source]