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Imagination Technologies Group PLC
29 April 2003


                       Imagination Technologies Group plc
                                        
                                        
                  IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES AND FRONTIER SILICON
                    EXTEND PARTNERSHIP TO COVER SATELLITE TV
                                        

Imagination Technologies, a leader in system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC
IP), announces that it has licensed technology to Frontier Silicon, a multimedia
semiconductor business, for a DVB-S (Digital Video Broadcast-Satellite)
processor.


Under the terms of the agreement Imagination Technologies receives both license
fee and development income and will receive royalty revenues when Frontier
Silicon ships processors incorporating Imagination's IP.


This natural extension of the relationship between Frontier and Imagination
creates a range of processors targeting the key digital broadcast technologies.
Imagination's IP uniquely enables DVB-S/T, DAB, DVD, PVR and analogue TV
functionality from single-chip devices. Frontier's first DVB-S chip is expected
to debut in H1 2004 and will complement Frontier's existing Chorus DAB and Logie
DAB/DVB-T chips.


Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination Technologies, commented:

"DVB is a truly worldwide digital TV standard with over 50 countries receiving
DVB broadcasts over six continents. With both DVB-S and DVB-T offerings based on
Imagination Technologies' IP and leading sales and manufacturing partners,
including Samsung, Frontier, as a fabless chip company, is well placed to
achieve considerable success in the DVB market."


Says Anthony Sethill, CEO, Frontier Silicon:

"The satellite TV installed-base in the UK is now over 6 million units, and 45
million units worldwide. Adding DVB-S to our range alongside DVB-T and DAB will
enable us to provide existing clients with a complete range of solutions and to
provide the selection of technologies essential to worldwide adoption and
success. We are debuting our combined DVB-T/DAB processor, Logie, at Mediacast
2003 and already have customers for this highly-capable and aggressively
cost-effective device."


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Enquiries:

Imagination Technologies Group plc                            Tel: 01923 260 511
Hossein Yassaie, Chief Executive
Trevor Selby, Finance Director

College Hill                                                  Tel: 020 7457 2020
Kate Pope




Editor's Notes

Frontier is the number one supplier of DAB Digital Radio processors in the world
and its DAB modules account for over 80% of DAB sales worldwide. The company
expects to ship over 500,000 DAB processor modules during the next 12 months
(April 2003 - 04).


Imagination's META, PowerVR and Ensigma UCC IP technologies enable Frontier DVB
processors to run up to four hardware tasks simultaneously in a single SoC,
receive and demodulate broadcast signals and playback and record the MPEG
formats used by DVB and DVD. Imagination's IP offers massive flexibility and
efficiency and reduces overall system cost, enabling Frontier's customers to
create new products capable of running a broad range of applications in a single
box. The programmability of Imagination's UCC (Universal Communications
Co-Processor) IP enables the development of a chip that provides the same
innovative feature set and scope as Frontier's Logie DVB-T processor, but
targeting the significant and well-established satellite TV market.


About Frontier Silicon

Operating at the frontiers of the digital revolution Frontier Silicon is a
fabless semiconductor business whose core products include system-on-chip (SoC)
devices and RF baseband modules for digital TV, digital radio and other emerging
consumer multimedia products. Frontier's key customers include consumer
electronic, automotive entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers. See:
www.frontier-silicon.com


About Imagination Technologies

Imagination Technologies Group plc is an international IP licensing company that
develops, licenses and supplies market-leading graphics/video cores, real-time
DSP-enabled multithreaded processors, 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.







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