<s>
Imageon	B-Device
(	O
previously	O
ATI	B-General_Concept
Imageon	I-General_Concept
)	O
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
media	O
coprocessors	B-General_Concept
and	O
mobile	O
chipsets	B-Device
produced	O
by	O
ATI	O
(	O
later	O
AMD	O
)	O
in	O
2002	O
–	O
2008	O
,	O
providing	O
graphics	O
acceleration	O
and	O
other	O
multimedia	O
features	O
for	O
handheld	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
mobile	O
phones	O
and	O
Personal	B-Application
Digital	I-Application
Assistants	I-Application
(	O
PDAs	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
later	O
sold	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
mobile	O
handheld	O
graphics	O
division	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
exclusively	O
inside	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoC	I-Architecture
processors	O
under	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
brand	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
processors	O
were	O
simply	O
camera	O
,	O
multimedia	O
,	O
and	O
display	O
ISP	B-General_Concept
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
still	O
played	O
an	O
essential	O
role	O
in	O
enabling	O
broad	O
adoption	O
of	O
multimedia	O
(	O
camera	O
and	O
video	O
)	O
capabilities	O
in	O
featurephones	O
,	O
having	O
shipped	O
over	O
100	O
million	O
Imageon	B-Device
processors	O
by	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
200	O
million	O
by	O
early	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
few	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
Imageon	B-Device
models	O
offered	O
full	O
3D	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
,	O
ATI	O
partnered	O
with	O
various	O
middleware	O
companies	O
to	O
offer	O
software	O
3D	O
rendering	O
capabilities	O
instead	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
X-Forge	O
3D	O
SDK	O
produced	O
by	O
FatHammer	O
,	O
as	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Symbian	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
Tapwave	B-Application
Zodiac	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
AMD	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
ATI	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
AMD	O
licensed	O
their	O
mobile	O
graphics	O
technology	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
in	O
April	O
2007	O
who	O
integrated	O
it	O
into	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
processor	O
family	O
under	O
their	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
brand	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
subsequently	O
sold	O
off	O
the	O
mobile	O
handheld	O
graphics	O
division	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
in	O
2009	O
for	O
$65M	O
following	O
an	O
earlier	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
Xilleon	B-General_Concept
branch	O
to	O
Broadcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
retained	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
name	O
and	O
provided	O
support	O
for	O
existing	O
customers	O
,	O
although	O
no	O
future	O
Imageon	B-Device
products	O
were	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
company	O
restructuring	O
,	O
AMD	O
divested	O
the	O
handheld	O
chipset	B-Device
business	O
starting	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2008	O
,	O
thus	O
the	O
line	O
is	O
deemed	O
officially	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
total	O
,	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
line-up	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
over	O
50	O
different	O
mobile	O
device	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
AMD	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
shipped	O
nearly	O
250	O
million	O
Imageon	B-Device
units	O
to	O
customers	O
since	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
a	O
display	O
co-processor	B-General_Concept
for	O
handheld	O
devices	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2002	O
,	O
offering	O
both	O
a	O
2D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
and	O
MPEG	O
decoding	O
support	O
,	O
supporting	O
displays	O
up	O
to	O
320x240	O
(	O
or	O
800x600	O
if	O
additional	O
RAM	O
is	O
provided	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3200	O
series	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2002	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
targeted	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
PDAs	B-Application
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
2D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
,	O
multimedia	O
playback	O
(	O
MJPEG/JPEG	O
)	O
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
peripheral	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Imageon	B-Device
3220	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
HP	O
iPAQ	O
hx4700	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ATI	O
W4200	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Tapwave	B-Application
Zodiac	I-Application
gaming	O
handheld	O
PDA	B-Application
,	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Featuring	O
8MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
,	O
the	O
W4200	O
was	O
exclusively	O
a	O
2D	O
graphics	O
and	O
multimedia	O
accelerator	O
,	O
so	O
Tapwave	B-Application
licensed	O
the	O
X-forge	O
software	O
3D	O
engine	O
to	O
provide	O
3D	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
product	O
was	O
also	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Sigmarion	O
3	O
Palmtop	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
models	O
were	O
primarily	O
2D	O
graphics	O
and	O
multimedia	O
accelerators	O
,	O
combined	O
with	O
image	B-General_Concept
signal	I-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
(	O
ISP	B-General_Concept
)	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
improved	O
upon	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
100	O
and	O
3200	O
,	O
by	O
offering	O
support	O
for	O
capture	O
of	O
photos	O
and	O
videos	O
from	O
digital	O
camera	O
sensors	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
supporting	O
multimedia	O
(	O
MPEG4	O
)	O
playback	O
,	O
and	O
higher	O
resolution	O
display	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Models	O
include	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
2200	O
,	O
2240	O
,	O
2250	O
,	O
2260	O
,	O
2262	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
2282	O
,	O
and	O
2182	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
January	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
2300	O
introduced	O
full	O
3D	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
(	O
100M-pix/sec	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
2MP	O
camera	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
multimedia	O
(	O
MPEG4	O
)	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
full	O
hardware	O
3D	O
support	O
enabled	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
1.0	O
and	O
JSR184	O
gaming	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
via	O
software	O
engines	O
such	O
as	O
Micro3D	O
by	O
Mascot	O
Capsule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model	O
competed	O
primarily	O
with	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
2700G	I-Device
and	O
GoForce	B-Device
4500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Imageon	B-Device
2284	O
was	O
reportedly	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
HTC	B-Algorithm
X7500	I-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
no	O
details	O
on	O
this	O
model	O
were	O
publicly	O
shared	O
by	O
ATI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
2380	O
and	O
2388	O
processors	O
extend	O
the	O
3D	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
2300	O
to	O
support	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
1.1	O
+	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
additional	O
multimedia	O
playback	O
codecs	O
such	O
as	O
MPEG4	O
H.264	O
,	O
AAC	O
LC	O
and	O
aacPlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Imageon	B-Device
TV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
Imageon	B-Device
product	O
in	O
the	O
line	O
featuring	O
Digital	O
Video	O
Broadcasting	O
-	O
Handheld	O
(	O
DVB-H	B-Protocol
)	O
signal	O
receiving	O
support	O
,	O
allowing	O
handhelds	O
devices	O
to	O
receive	O
digital	O
broadcast	O
TV	O
(	O
DVB-H	B-Protocol
)	O
signals	O
and	O
enables	O
watching	O
TV	O
programs	O
on	O
these	O
devices	O
,	O
the	O
chipset	B-Device
includes	O
tuner	O
,	O
demodulator	B-Device
,	O
decoder	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
full	O
software	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
AMD	O
launched	O
several	O
additional	O
non-3D	O
multimedia	O
processors	O
under	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
brand	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
D160	O
mobile	O
TV	O
decoder	O
,	O
M180	O
media	O
processor	O
,	O
M210	O
audio	O
decoder	O
,	O
A250	O
applications	O
processor	O
,	O
and	O
Z180	O
vector	O
graphics	O
(	O
OpenVG	B-Library
1.x	O
)	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Imageon	B-Device
2294	O
and	O
2298	O
were	O
multimedia	O
processors	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
later	O
renamed	O
under	O
the	O
Imageon	B-Device
M100	O
series	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Products	O
include	O
Imageon	B-Device
M180	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Imageon	B-Device
Z4xx	O
series	O
were	O
launched	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Z430	O
and	O
z460	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
Imageon	B-Device
graphics	O
processors	O
compatible	O
with	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
products	O
were	O
not	O
provided	O
as	O
separate	O
processors	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
delivered	O
as	O
IP	B-Architecture
cores	I-Architecture
for	O
licensing	O
and	O
integration	O
in	O
other	O
SoC	B-Architecture
or	O
Application	O
Processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Z430	O
IP	O
was	O
licensed	O
by	O
Freescale	O
and	O
the	O
IP	B-Architecture
core	I-Architecture
was	O
synthesized	O
in	O
selected	O
application	O
processors	O
from	O
the	O
i.MX	O
5	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Z430	O
IP	O
was	O
also	O
licensed	O
by	O
Qualcomm	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
of	O
their	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
SoC	I-Architecture
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Imageon	B-Device
Z430	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Qualcomm	O
MSM7x27	O
and	O
QSD8x50	O
series	O
of	O
processors	O
,	O
being	O
rebranded	O
as	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
200	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
AMD	O
sold	O
their	O
entire	O
handheld	O
graphics	O
division	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
for	O
$65	O
million	O
,	O
transferring	O
all	O
Imageon	B-Device
assets	O
,	O
IP	O
and	O
employees	O
to	O
Qualcomm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
continues	O
to	O
produce	O
mobile	O
SoC	B-Architecture
's	O
with	O
graphics	O
capabilities	O
branded	O
under	O
the	O
Adreno	B-General_Concept
name	O
.	O
</s>
