The Buzz: Imagination Technologies rumoured to have made an agreement with Sony.

psp - PowerVR to drive PSP2?

According to EE Times Imagination Technologies Group, a developer of graphics processor cores, has secured a deal with Sony to supply the graphics processor for the PSP2.

Imagination Technologies announced on Monday that it had signed a license agreement with a new partner, a major international consumer electronics company, for a forthcoming member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics processor family. No names were mentioned, but EE Times sources suggest Imagination will be supplying the graphics processor for Sony's PSP2 - specifically its SGX55x core.

Sony has labelled the story as rumour and speculation and refused to offer further comment.