DLSS and ray reflections were performed using MediaTek CPU and RTX 3060 GPU.
NVIDIA recently said it worked with MediaTek to bring RTX graphics to ARM-based laptops and now showed what it looks like for players. It has unveiled a technical demo with a Wolfenstein: Youngblood RTX-powered MediaTek ARM processor at the Game Developers Conference (GDC).
NVIDIA has shown for the first time real-time ray-traced reflection and DLSS through an ARM-based platform. It also showed a demo called Bistro (from Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine) operating in real-time ARM ray tracking features, enabled by RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI) and NVIDIA Optix AI Denoiser (NRD). The demos were delivered on an ARM-based platform from MediaTek Kompanio 1200 and on a GeForce RTX 3060 GPU.
Tech work was done by NVIDIA by porting multiple RTX SDKs to ARM devices. These include deep learning super sampling (DLSS), sharpness enhancement RTX direct lighting, NVIDIA Optix AI denoiser, RTX memory utility (RTXMU), and global RTX lighting. NVIDIA said RTXDI, NRD, and RTXMU SDKs for Linux ARM have been made available to developers now, and RTXGI and the DLSS will soon be available.
Naturally, you won’t see all this until manufacturers add RTX to their ARM-based laptops, Chromebooks or other devices. Game manufacturers need to implement the ARM-based games technology as well. The Wolfenstein, however: Youngblood developer and game engineering company look bullish.
“RTX support for ARM and Linux gives game developers new opportunity to bring more in-depth experiences on a wider range of platforms,” said Mathieu Muller, Senior Technical Product Manager of Unity. “An iD technology based game running on a ray tracking ARM CPU is a significant step in a journey that will allow all game developers to access more gaming platforms,” added Jim Kjellin, CTO of Machinegames.
Naturally, NVIDIA’s relationship with ARM will be much closer, as it bought the company for $40 billion last year. However, the deal is subject to regulatory approval and Qualcomm objected to the deal from NVIDIA rival (and ARM customer). In addition to this, ARM employs 3,000 people in the UK and is currently investigating the sale of this country.
Latest: November 2024
