IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES' POWERVR IP IN PHILIPS APPLICATION PROCESSOR FOR SMARTPHONES
Sony Ericsson to Deploy Philips PNX4008 in mobile phone products

London, UK: Imagination Technologies [LSE:IMG], a leader in system-on-chip
intellectual property (SoC IP), reports that Royal Philips Electronics
[NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI] has announced the release of an advanced Nexperia(tm)
Mobile Multimedia Processor, PNX4008, targeted at the rapidly growing market
for smartphones. The Nexperia processor incorporates PowerVR MBX graphics IP
from Imagination Technologies, which was licensed by Philips Semiconductors
through ARM in March 2004.

Philips has also announced that Sony Ericsson has selected the PNX4008 for
future Symbian OS phone products.

The PNX4008 is based on an ARM9(r) processor accelerated by dedicated,
tightly integrated engines providing high-end multimedia functions for
excellent power consumption and overall system performance. It provides
sophisticated video, graphics, imaging, audio and security functions for
feature-rich mobile handsets. The device delivers extreme gaming using an
advanced PowerVR MBX 3D graphics engine from Imagination Technologies.

Under the terms of its licensing arrangements Imagination Technologies
receives license fees and royalty revenues on SoCs incorporating Imagination
Technologies' IP shipped by partners.

News from Philips is located at www.semiconductors.philips.com.

About Imagination Technologies
Imagination Technologies Group plc - a leader in SoC IP - develops, licenses
and supplies market-leading graphics, video and display cores, real-time
multi-threaded DSP/RISC processors and communication and broadcast
technologies for the consumer entertainment and PC markets. It supplies both
licensable IP (Intellectual Property) and related advanced development tools
to leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies worldwide.
Imagination Technologies Group plc has its corporate headquarters in the
United Kingdom and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange
(FTSE:IMG). See: www.imgtec.com.

8th February 2005

Contact:
Imagination Technologies Group plc
Tel: 01923 260511
Hossein Yassaie, CEO
Trevor Selby, CFO

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Nick Elwes
Kate Pope