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SEGA Licenses High-End PowerVR Graphics Technology

By Thomas McGuire

On March 18, 2004, 11:51 AM

London, UK: Imagination Technologies, a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP), & SEGA CORPORATION today announce a licensing agreement between the companies for the development of next generation arcade systems based on new high-end PowerVR graphics technology. SEGA, the leader in the arcade market, will use a new high-performance PowerVR graphics processor as the basis of its future arcade systems. SEGA may also supply system boards based on this processor to other leading amusement game companies.

Says Hiroshi Yagi, Corporate Officer in AM Product R&D Division, SEGA CORPORATION: “The inherent benefits of PowerVR, which are well known to SEGA, will be utilized to deliver interactive experiences that will amaze gamers worldwide & continue SEGA’s legacy of innovation & excellence. SEGA’s new arcade platform, which will be at the forefront of Sega’s current board strategy across all video game genres, will deliver cutting edge gaming, exceeding any other videogame system in the world.”

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  1. March 18, 2004 7:11 PM
    erik orejuela said:
    me parece chevere esta noticia:)
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  2. March 19, 2004 1:45 PM
    somekid007 said:
    [quote][i]Originally posted by erik orejuela [/i]me parece chevere esta noticia:) [/quote]so in english??? ;)
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  3. March 19, 2004 2:19 PM
    Rick said:
    I'm not sure what chevere means, but I recognize some of the words from Spanish."parece esta noticia" means "seems this news". I have no idea what "chevere" is and "me" is english. :)
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  4. March 19, 2004 5:07 PM
    MrGaribaldi said:
    Babelfish didn't manage to come up with any suggestions, but from the context I'd venture a guess that it means "good".And if that is the case, I fully agree!It might even mean that we'll see another TBDR, TileBasedDeferedRenderer, for the pc market soon, which would be a good thing :)
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