Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yi-70% yenani layo ngo-Ephreli odlule, inkampani yaseBrithani i-Imagination Technologies isilengise uphawu oluthi "for sale".
Njengesihloko salokhu okuthunyelwe, abaningi bazocabanga ukuthi ukuphela kwaso kungenxa yesinqumo senye inkampani, i-Apple, kepha lokhu bekungeyona into ebangelwe yilokho. Isizathu sangempela salesi sinqumo esinzima sivela kokunye kakhulu: ukuthembela ngokweqile.
I-Imagination Technologies ithengisa kumthengi ophakeme kunabo bonke
Ngiyabona ukuthi ulwazi lwami mayelana nezomnotho kanye notshalo-mali lunomkhawulo, kepha-ke, omunye wemigomo yabo bonke abatshalizimali abalungile ukuthi kufanele uhlukanise imali yakho. Futhi yilokho kanye i-Imagination Technologies ebingakwazi noma ibingakwazi ukukwenza, futhi lokho ekugcineni kuholele ekutheni iqhubeke ithengiswe ngemali engaphansi kwengxenye yesithathu yenani ebiyizinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule.
Ngo-Ephreli odlule, umphathi we-Apple uTim Cook wazisa i-Imagination Technologies ukuthi, esikhathini esiyiminyaka emibili, izoyeka ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bayo kuma-chips afaka i-iPad, i-iPhone ne-Apple Watch. Inkampani yama-apula ifuna ukuzimela ngokwengeziwe maqondana nabahlinzeki bayo, futhi lokhu kubandakanya ukukhiqiza nokusebenzisa ama-chips ayo.
Isinqumo sika-Apple besingaba yisikhubekiso nje emabhizinisini e-Imagination Technologies, ukube bekungengenxa yalokhu ngaphezu kwengxenye yemali engenayo ivela ku-Apple selokhu izinkampani ezimbili zaqala ukusebenzisana ngo-2001, ngokwethulwa kwe-iPod yasekuqaleni.
Ngakho-ke, uma isinqumo sakwa-Apple sokuhlanganyela saziwa, I-Imagination Technologies ilahlekelwe yi-70% yenani layo emakethe yamasheya, futhi manje ibhodi labaqondisi selithathe isinqumo esinzima sokuthengisa inkampani, isidlo esithandekayo lapho izinkampani ezinjengeMediaTek, iQualcomm noma i-Intel, phakathi kwabanye, zingase zibe nentshisekelo.
Kukhona indida ngqo ukuzimela okukhulu okufunwa yi-Apple kushayisane nokuthembela ngokweqile ku-Imagination Technologies, okugcine kumholele ekutheni acishe konakale.