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www.imgtec.com Tony King-Smith EVP Marketing Industry and academia: how should it work?
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20152 Creating the future with our partners The next waves: wearables; IoT; smart homes; eHealth; ADAS… Enabling IP for key markets and opportunities
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20153 A global technology leader Driving IP innovation with unrivalled portfolio #1 in graphics, GPU compute and video IP #2 in CPU processor IP Leader in emerging RPU communications IP market #3 design IP company world-wide* Enabling unique IP platforms Transforming TTM (time to market) Leveraging customer IP to maximise differentiation Supporting and driving major markets Helping our partners to create successful solutions Influencing new and emerging opportunities Showcasing and proving our technology with real products A technology powerhouse for multimedia, processors, communications, and cloud IP * source: Gartner
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20154 Quick facts One of the world’s top 3 electronics IP providers More than 7bn units shipped -Over 3.5m per day -Around 1.3bn in FY2014 Products >1,700 people world-wide -23 offices; HQ in UK ->80% of staff are engineers People £171m (US$ 287m) - Profit: £24m (US$40m) FY14 Revenues
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20155 Imagination’s IP portfolio Comprehensive range to create connected SoC solutions Unified Memory FlowCloud Connectivity FlowCloud Connectivity PowerVR Graphics & GPU Compute Processors PowerVR Graphics & GPU Compute Processors PowerVR Video Processors PowerVR Video Processors Ensigma Communications Processors MIPS General Processors Each IP core is a class leader Lowest power; smallest silicon area Open and customer-centric business model PowerVR Vision Processors PowerVR Vision Processors SoC fabric
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20156 Imagination’s IP powers everything, everywhere Markets: Mobile phones Mobile computing Consumer multimedia Automotive Networking Enterprise Wearables IoT
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20157 Our licensees and partners drive our business Strategic Partners Key Licensees
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan20158 Increasing role of IP Key trend in recent years: More integration => More SoCs => total solutions (SoCs + software) Key consequences: Systems complexity is high - and increasing Application & domain knowledge essential Changing dynamics of product development Enabling customers to invent only what needs to be invented - reducing cost and enabling faster time to market Customisable IP platforms Application know-how Well-defined & unique differentiation Customer Proven, Scalable IP IP provider The Way Forward:
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www.imgtec.com Linking Research to Industry
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201510 The relationship is changing It used to be that the most advanced technology was in universities Now much more resides in industrial R&D Tools used by industry are often more advanced than those used by universities Universities used to focus solely on first principles Now more system level and applied research as baseline technology gets more sophisticated University funding is changing If more funds are to come from industry, universities must adapt to what industry needs
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201511 Industry can’t do everything For established and growing companies like Imagination, much of our R&D is focused on evolution and expansion of our core IP Difficult for us to have people spending much time on “what-if” Our Research teams only work on driving our own technology forward We need to focus on what we know will be profitable investment We value partners who can leverage our IP to do exciting things Universities can be a key part of that
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201512 What we need from universities Ideas That relate to what we do, but push boundaries Ares that could lead to commercial exploitation Background Help us understand the world-wide state of research in topics that are new to us Focus Where we identify projects that need exploration of alternatives, and we cant justify the risk Working together collaboratively is key
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201513 How Imagination works with universities Undergraduate projects Helps us get to know the department Talks Helps us raise our profile to students Recruitment fairs Sponsorship of PhDs CASE awards and direct sponsorship We employ the candidate, and like them to spend up to 50% of their time with us Participation in UK and EU funded projects What we’re most looking for right now Based on recruitment, research and long term partnership
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201514 How we handle IP Undergraduate and Masters projects University owns IP We have rights to use it, and first option to exploit PhD projects Imagination owns the IP University has free rights to use for research purposes When commercialisable IP is identified, we work with the university to maximise their ability to publish Identification of IP triggers a window of no more than 3-6 months to resolve best way forward for both parties We’re an IP company – we should know something about it!
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201515 Imagination is a unique IP channel Universities generate a lot of IP, but often not commercialisable Working with us can help better understand what is and isn’t valuable We have a mature, global infrastructure to exploit IP It’s what we do best! Our reach is unrivalled – not just companies we know, but the key decision makers and influencers in those companies We negotiate commercial terms daily We believe IP companies like us are a substantial asset to the UK We believe universities should focus on publishing, not exploiting, IP
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201516 Universities need to be academic, not commercial The academic environment of conversation and exploration with peers within the university and with peers in the UK and world-wide is your greatest asset Industry engagement with universities should aim to exploit this The realities of exploitable IP can prevent this, so must be managed carefully That’s what industry cannot do, so is a valued resource Academia should be all about intellectual rigour and exploration
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© Imagination TechnologieseFutures 15jan201517 Summary Universities are great at generating ideas and IP Industry is great at exploiting ideas and IP Universities are at their best exploring blue sky and challenging concepts where the risk to industry of developing them is too high Universities should never focus on royalty streams – it undermines the nature and value of academia
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www.imgtec.com December 2014 Industry and academia: how should it work?
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