Sondrel buys IMGworks

Design consultancy Sondrel has signed an agreement to acquire the IMGworks division of Imagination Technologies for an undisclosed amount. The deal will see IMGworks’ engineering team joining Sondrel’s engineering consultancy to create an IC design centre with more than 250 employees.

Sondrel’s CEO Graham Curren said: “Video and graphics related business is going through a steep growth curve, driven not only by gaming and infotainment systems, but also by the accelerated computational needs of the AI environment that enables many of the new automotive, enterprise cloud and IoT related products.

“Combining our design to GDSII expertise with the wider range of engineering expertise within the IMGworks team will allow us to deliver comprehensive SoC project execution, as well as other innovative solutions leveraging GPU technologies.”

IMGworks provides SoChip design and software integration services. Sondrel has five design centres around the world and specialises in digital design.