Samsung Confirms Ray Tracing Support in Next-Gen Exynos SoC with AMD RDNA 2 GPU, Coming to Premium Galaxy Smartphones

Lewis Ross October 5, 2021

In a major announcement, Samsung has confirmed that the next-generation Exynos SoC will support ray tracing. This is a big win for AMD and its RDNA 2 GPU, which is already powering flagship smartphones like the S10 and Xperia 1.

The exynos rdna 2 is the next-generation of Samsung’s Exynos SoC, which will be coming to premium smartphones.

Image credit: AMD

Samsung is working on a next-generation Exynos SoC for its premium Galaxy devices that will use AMD’s RDNA 2 technology to provide a significant increase in mobile graphics performance. Samsung’s new Exynos SoC with RDNA 2 GPU will enable ray tracing, allowing for more realistic lighting and reflection effects in Android games, according to a recent post published by the firm on China’s Weibo site. 384 Stream Processors are reported to be included in the next GPU.

The following is a mechanical translation of Samsung’s Weibo post:

Ray tracing is a graphics display technique that is supported by desktop GPUs. The pixels in the location area are rendered one by one to create a realistic appearance by calculating the position of the light and the reflected region. This type of technology is going to be transported on the mobile terminal of smartphones through Samsung Exynos GPU, elevating the mobile gaming experience.

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In the summer of 2019, AMD and Samsung announced their collaboration in low-power, high-performance graphics technology. Although no particular devices were mentioned at the time, AMD stated that their graphics IP will be used by Samsung for smartphones and other mobile applications.

“Our collaboration with AMD will enable us to bring breakthrough graphics technologies and solutions to market for tomorrow’s mobile applications as we prepare for disruptive shifts in technology and find new opportunities,” said Inyup Kang, president of Samsung Electronics’ S.LSI Business. “We are excited to collaborate with AMD to drive advancements in mobile graphics technology that will help usher in the next generation of mobile computing.”

“Adoption of our Radeon graphics technology has expanded substantially across the PC, gaming console, cloud, and HPC sectors, and we are pleased to now collaborate with industry leader Samsung to drive graphics innovation in the mobile market,” said AMD president and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “Through this strategic collaboration, we will be able to expand the reach of our high-performance Radeon graphics into the mobile industry, substantially increasing the Radeon user base and developer ecosystem.”

Weibo is the source of this information.

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