Microsoft Reveals More Details About Next-Generation Xbox Hardware

Video gamers eager to see what Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has lined up for its next console got fresh news on Monday. The company revealed the hardware specifications and features for its upcoming Xbox Series X console, and perhaps the most notable item in the announcement was that the device will include an AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) graphics processing unit that uses its latest Zen 2 and RDNA 2 architectures.

The GPU will be capable of processing at speeds of 12 teraflops, making it roughly twice as powerful as the GPU in the Xbox One X console released in 2017 -- and roughly eight times more powerful than the GPU in the original Xbox One that was launched in 2013. Microsoft also announced that the Xbox Series X would make use of variable rate shading (allowing developers to more efficiently use AMD's GPU when rendering images) and hardware-accelerated DirectX Raytracing (which will enable better lighting and other effects).

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