Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Could Get a Graphics Boost From a New AMD-Fueled Chip

Samsung has unveiled the Exynos 2200, its first smartphone processor with AMD graphics. More particularly, the chip makes use of AMD’s RDNA 2 structure which allows variable-rate shading and hardware-accelerated ray tracing, a method used to make lighting results in digital environments seem extra lifelike.

While it hasn’t been confirmed, we assume the SoC can be featured in Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S22 set to be revealed on the Unpacked occasion (which is rumored for Feb. 8). However, Samsung sometimes reserves its in-house Exynos chips for worldwide markets and turns to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips for stateside fashions. Based on the most recent rumors, US Galaxy S22 variations will seemingly run on the brand new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

The Exynos 2200 makes use of what AMD calls an “Xclipse” GPU and relies on Samsung’s 4-nanometer processing node. We’ve recognized since 2019 that the 2 chipmaking juggernauts would work collectively, and simply final yr, AMD confirmed that Samsung’s “next flagship mobile SoC” would use RDNA 2, the platform of AMD’s newest cellular and desktop GPUs.

The time period “flagship” right here is noteworthy in that it suggests the processor will certainly make its method to Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S collection telephones after they presumably arrive subsequent month. What neither firm has been prepared to share simply but are efficiency numbers, although Samsung will seemingly spotlight these throughout the Galaxy reveal. So far, the corporate is simply claiming that the chip will allow the “ultimate mobile phone gaming experience.”

“AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture extends power-efficient, advanced graphics solutions to PCs, laptops, consoles, automobiles and now to mobile phones. Samsung’s Xclipse GPU is the first result of multiple planned generations of AMD RDNA graphics in Exynos SoCs,” mentioned David Wang, the senior vice chairman of Radeon Technologies Group at AMD.

Shifting to the CPU, the Exynos 2200 will use Arm’s newest Armv9 CPU cores in a tri-cluster configuration consisting of a single Arm Cortex-X2 “flagship core,” three balanced Cortex-A710 large cores, and 4 power-efficient Cortex-A510 little cores.

According to Samsung, the chip has extra superior AI, an upgraded neural processing unit (NPU) with twice the efficiency as its predecessor, and a picture sign processor with help for as much as 200-megapixels, 4K HDR (or 8K video recording), and the flexibility to connect with seven particular person picture sensors and drive 4 concurrently.

We’re curious to see what advantages the brand new graphics convey and whether or not these efficiency positive aspects and options can be supported by cellular video games. Interestingly, Samsung says the Xclipse GPU is “positioned between the console and the mobile graphic processor” so it feels like the corporate desires to blur the strains by delivering at-home gaming efficiency on cellular {hardware}.