Samsung is showing off its newest system on a chip (SoC) capabilities that will be used in the Galaxy S22, namely the Exynos 2200. Including its ray tracing capabilities.
The Exynos 2200 uses the Xclipse GPU, which is based on AMD RDNA2, which is AMD's first mobile GPU and the first mobile GPU to have hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
In the video posted on YouTube the "main character" is PUBG: New State, which is uniquely not mentioned to support ray tracing. Although the mention of this feature can also wait for the presence of a chip that supports ray tracing.
In addition to ray tracing, Xclipse also supports Variable Rate Shading, which can make the frame rate of the game played more stable. Xclipse also supports screen panels with a refresh rate of 144Hz and HDR10+.
The cloud gaming capabilities of the Exynos 2200 were also showcased, which refers to the use of an integrated 5G modem with a maximum download speed of 10Gbps. It is also the first Exynos modem to support 3GPP Release 16.
Multiple input multiple output (MIMO) connections are promised more stability, as well as improvements in beamforming performance. When Carrier Aggregation or Dual Connectivity is enabled, it promises lower latency, as well as lower power consumption.
The Neural processing unit (NPU) of the Exynos 2200 is claimed to be twice as fast as the NPU in the Exynos 2100. The machine learning capabilities will be used to improve the quality of images captured by phones with the chip.
Oh yes, the Exynos 2200 supports the use of a camera sensor with a resolution of up to 200MP, also shoots 108MP photos without any delay at all. It can also record 8K video at a frame rate of 30fps.