Ray-Traced Sound? Ninja Theory Confirms That the Xbox Series X Has a Dedicated Audio Chip

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The Xbox Series X is promising a massive leap in graphics performance, but its audio capabilities should be pretty impressive, too.



According to Ninja Theory (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice), Microsoft has blessed its next-generation console with a dedicated audio chip, which will allow audio engineers to generate especially complex soundscapes.



“It’s extremely exciting,” said senior sound designer Daniele Galante. “We’re going to have a dedicated chip to work with audio, which means we finally won’t have to fight with programmers and artists for memory and CPU power.”



“We take for granted that graphics are powered by their own video cards. But in audio, we haven’t had anything like that. Now we have some power dedicated to us,” added audio lead David Garcia.



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