TL;DR
- MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 9500 processor, which is expected to power some flagship Android phones.
- The new chipset has an upgraded CPU with SME2 support, a GPU with major ray tracing upgrades, and plenty more features.
- OPPO and vivo are expected to be the first brands to launch Dimensity 9500 phones in the coming weeks.
Other notable features include “Android-first” support for one-nit display brightness, UFS 4.1 four-lane support, 35% longer Bluetooth audio range, and AI enhancements to reduce 5G and Wi-Fi power consumption. The modem also supports 7.4Gbps downlink speeds, and apparently delivers 15% more bandwidth due to 5CC carrier aggregation.
1-nit display brightness is interesting but not sure how a soc has anything to do with it. Plus, UFS 4.1 support.
Maybe better power handling?
Who’s actually expecting hardware accelerated raytracing on a mobile device?
Gamers maybe?
It’s still a high end PC GPU feature which doesn’t have to worry about battery life, it’s way too early for this on mobile chips.
You need hardware support 1st before software can take advantage of it. Games may take a few years but it should happen. And when it does this chip will be ready.
Android based VR headsets will eventually want some level of RT support for games.
