Imagination Blog | Ed Plowman

Ed Plowman, VP of Innovation, is a veteran in GPU architecture and machine learning acceleration, with over 30 years’ experience driving innovation in graphics, compute, and system performance. As VP Innovation at Imagination Technologies, he leads work on advanced GPU pipelines, exploring novel ALU designs, graph neural networks, and ML-driven performance modelling to advance scalable compute for AI and graphics. His past work spans mobile GPUs, precision agronomy, and virtual production, earning both a Queen’s Award and a Science & Technology Emmy. Ed is a founding member of the Khronos Group, with multiple patents in adaptive compute and programmable graphics.