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Yes, that is why pretty much All GPU markers have deal cross licensed with each other.

The story from last year was that Apple's price for IMG acquisition weren't high enough, and Apple asked if they could buy ONLY the graphics portion. Which resulted in a NO from IMG.

Compared to ARM, some estimate Apple is paying $10M for the ISA and roughly $0.1 for each Ax SoC. So that is ~30M per year, ( There will be other cost for processor other then Ax, such as the Motion Processor etc ) Compared to paying roughly $80M USD for the Graphics alone, which Apple doesn't even use their design, nor their services ( Software Drivers ) they provide. So what likely happen was Apple wanted to pay far less, ( $20M? ), but their New CEO wanted them to pay for more.

My guess is that in the end Img will relent and license whatever Apple wanted for a price. If not, I am not sure how Apple will deal with old games that wont work with their new GPU which does support PVRTC.