Monday, October 4th 2021
Samsung Confirms RDNA2-based Exynos 2200 iGPU Will Support Ray Tracing
Samsung appears to be in a hurry to beat Apple and Qualcomm at bringing real-time ray tracing to the smartphone space, with its next-generation Exynos 2200 "Pamir" SoC. The chip integrates a graphics processor based on the AMD RDNA2 architecture, codenamed "Voyager." Samsung all but confirmed that the compute units of this will feature Ray Accelerators, the hardware component that performs ray-intersection calculations. The "Voyager" iGPU, as implemented on the Exynos 2200 SoC, physically features six RDNA2 compute units (384 stream processors), and hence six Ray Accelerators.
Built on the 4 nm EUV silicon fabrication process, Exynos 2200 will feature not two, but three kinds of CPU cores—four lightweight efficiency cores, three mid-tier cores, and one ultra high-performance core. Each of these three operate in unique performance/Watt bands, giving software finer-grained control over the kinds of hardware resources they want. Samsung is expected to debut the Exynos 2200 with its next-generation Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices.
Sources:
Samsung Exynos (Weibo), VideoCardz
Built on the 4 nm EUV silicon fabrication process, Exynos 2200 will feature not two, but three kinds of CPU cores—four lightweight efficiency cores, three mid-tier cores, and one ultra high-performance core. Each of these three operate in unique performance/Watt bands, giving software finer-grained control over the kinds of hardware resources they want. Samsung is expected to debut the Exynos 2200 with its next-generation Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices.
43 Comments on Samsung Confirms RDNA2-based Exynos 2200 iGPU Will Support Ray Tracing
So now it's time to tank game streaming on cell ?
On the other end of things, I wonder if ASUS could convince Samsung to share the chips for their next Gaming Phone (which has active cooling options).
That aside, the only other reason besides gaming, I could think of to use raytracing on a phone would be for the fancy, graphically intensive 3D-like UI replacers that some phone users download because the default is too boring. But that would still end up tanking battery life if it's always on.
I could of saved a lot of money that way :cool:
PC is going nowhere...
I see lots of people doing this for cellphone blasters in them to so this isn't a new concept just a loud one :D
Maybe they mine well too :)