[http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/11/screen-shot-2011-11-10-at-8.02.32-am.png](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/samsung-signs-up-powervr-sgx-mp-gpus-for-future-devices-keeps-its/) Even though it's already listed on the dance card for ARM's upcoming [MALI-T658 mobile GPU](http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/10/arms-mali-t658-gpu-aims-to-beat-the-world-in-2013-president-tu/), Samsung is also licensing tech from Imagination Technologies. The new agreement will allow it to include Imagination's [PowerVR](http://www.engadget.com/tag/powervr) [SGX](http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/03/imagination-technologies-powervr-sgx543mp2-really-is-faster-be/) multiprocessor GPU (a.k.a Series 5XT a form of which already resides in the [A5](http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/11/benchmarks-clock-iphone-4s-a5-cpu-at-800mhz-show-major-gpu-upg/) chip used by Apple's [iPad 2](http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/ipad-2-specs-discerned-900mhz-arm-cortex-a9-and-powervr-sgx543m/) and iPhone 4S as well as the [PlayStation Vita](http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/sonys-ngp-psp2-has-a-quad-core-arm-cortex-a9-processor/)) in its upcoming devices, but doesn't specify how many cores or what configuration may be used. *MobileTechWorld *also speculates this could be in preparation for SoCs built to run Windows 8, but until we actually get a peek inside whatever devices are up Samsung's sleeve it's impossible to know for sure.
Samsung signs up PowerVR SGX MP GPUs for future devices, keeps its options open originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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