Extensive Infrastructure Imagination Technologies
By Amillan Enabling Innovation at Global Scale

Imagination Technologies is one of the world’s leading semiconductor and software design companies. Its processors and graphics IP sit at the heart of products we all use every day – from smartphones and laptops to car infotainment systems, digital radios, and game consoles. Though often behind the scenes, Imagination’s technology powers experiences for global brands such as Apple, Sony, and NVIDIA.

With a workforce of over 2,000 specialists spread across the UK, Europe, Asia, and beyond, Imagination operates at the cutting edge of design and simulation. Their engineers don’t just consume IT services – they push technology to its limits, running simultaneous high-value projects for multiple global customers, all of whom demand absolute protection of their intellectual property.

Meeting these demands requires more than a traditional network. It requires a resilient, secure, and agile platform capable of enabling advanced design and simulation at global scale.

For more than a decade, Amillan has been Imagination’s chosen partner, trusted to deliver this platform and to evolve it continuously as the business grows.

The Challenge
Imagination’s requirements went far beyond a conventional infrastructure refresh. They needed:

• Extreme resilience – a single dropped connection could lose a day of work on a year-long, multimillion-pound project.
• A high-performance “grid” environment – powerful emulators that let engineers test processors virtually before silicon is manufactured, avoiding costly runs of flawed chips.
• Strict IP segregation – ensuring that simultaneous projects for Sony, Apple, NVIDIA, and others remain completely siloed while still delivering administrator-level performance for their engineers.
• Global consistency – the same secure, high-speed user experience whether working in London, New York, or worldwide.
• Lean operations – a handful of highly skilled IT staff managing a worldwide infrastructure that consists of thousands of users.
• Rapid scalability – the ability to take a design from informal conception to full production to where having it running in production within days, sometimes turning around multimillion-pound-impact projects in weeks.

The Solutions

Amillan designed and delivered a modular, flexible, and highly resilient infrastructure for Imagination, encompassing:

• Data Centre Transformation at Scale – migrating to new-generation switching fabric, designed with multiple redundant paths for uninterrupted operation.
• Acceleration of the Emulator Grid – expanding the capacity and network speed of Imagination’s hypercomputing environment, stream-lining productivity enabling jobs that once took 12 months to be completed in just one month. This immediately freed capacity to support more customer projects and paid back the investment almost instantly.
• Global Secure Connectivity – deploying consistent, resilient wireless and network solutions across campuses worldwide, so every employee experiences the same high performance regardless of location.
• Siloed Project Environments – designing secure network architectures that allow multiple customer projects to run side by side, completely segregated to protect their client’s IP while maintaining performance.
• Lean Operations Enablement – streamlining management so that a specialist elite IT team can operate a worldwide enterprise-class infrastructure, designed and supported by Amillan’s dedicated Professional Services division.
• Agility in Delivery – from rapid-response high-value upgrades to long-term strategic expansions, Amillan has delivered projects on time, within budget, that meet the business goals of Imagination Technologies.

The Results
The partnership has delivered outcomes far beyond that of purely infrastructure projects:

• Massive Performance Gains – critical simulation tasks accelerated from months to weeks, unlocking new revenue opportunities.
• Resilience Without Compromise – multiple redundant paths and high-availability designs ensure uninterrupted service.
• Immediate ROI – infrastructure investments paying for themselves within weeks by freeing up capacity for new projects.
• Global Consistency – every site worldwide now delivers the same secure, seamless experience to engineers and partners.
• Trusted Partnership – Imagination continues to review vendors but has consistently chosen Amillan for over a decade, recognising the unique value of a partner that combines deep expertise with flexibility, agility, and trust.

Customer Testimonials

“Amillan aren’t just a supplier – they are an extension of our team. From carefully planned global rollouts to last-minute requests that demand something extraordinary in days, they consistently rise to the challenge. Their combination of deep technical expertise, agility, and genuine collaboration makes them an invaluable partner. Amillan gives us the confidence to innovate at speed, scale securely, and focus on pushing the boundaries of design.”

—  Quote from Paul Alexander, Imagination Technologies

“Working with Imagination Technologies isn’t about building a standard IT network – it’s about enabling one of the world’s most advanced design environments. Their emulator grid, global teams, and stringent IP protection requirements operate on a scale few companies could even attempt to manage. What makes this partnership unique is the trust and agility between us. The synergy between Amillan and Imagination Technologies, combined with a modular architecture of active network, management, and cabling systems, allows us to adapt dynamically to evolving business needs. The result is resilient service, higher efficiency, and measurable revenue impact. Amillan has become an extension of their team – helping them innovate faster and more securely across the globe”

—  Quote Nigel Cowie, Technology Solutions Architect, Amillan Limited

Why Amillan?

This case study shows more than technical capability – it shows what true partnership can achieve.

Amillan has supported Imagination Technologies through multiple generations of growth and transformation, enabling one of the world’s most advanced semiconductor innovators to design faster, collaborate securely, and scale globally.

Few organisations can claim to deliver enterprise-class networks for customers of this calibre, under conditions where time is literally worth millions. Amillan can.