PS5 Architect Mark Cerny Files Patent That Mentions 'Accelerated Ray-Tracing' - News

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Lead System Architect of the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 Mark Cerny has filed a patent that was spotted by a Twitter user.

The patent mentions "System And Method For Accelerated Ray Tracing" and "System And Method For Accelerated Ray Tracing With Asynchronous Operation And Ray Transformation."

Ray-tracing is a method of rendering graphics that simulates light and reflections. Several games, such as Horizon Forbidden West and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, on the PS5 have a ray-tracing mode, however, it usually means lower resolution and reduced frame rates.

Gran Turismo 7 won't support ray-tracing during gameplay, but it will be available during replays and the Garage mode.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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JackHandy (on 26 February 2022)

Yes... but does it have blast processing?

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Podings (on 28 February 2022)

Accelerated light rays?! Nothing moves faster than light!! :O

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Azzanation (on 26 February 2022)

I wonder if this has do with the expected PS5 Pro model or even the PS6 RnD.

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Leynos Azzanation (on 26 February 2022)

I doubt there is a pro model given the shortage of chips and they can barely get PS5 out let alone a Pro. PS4/XBO were underpowered but XBSX and PS5 are not

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Azzanation Leynos (on 26 February 2022)

Can Accelerated Ray Tracing be implemented on hardware not supported?

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Pemalite Azzanation (on 26 February 2022)

Depends on how it's implemented.

The Ray Tracing on the current consoles are... Hardware accelerated, hence the RT cores.

Prior to this... Like on 7th gen consoles, Ray Tracing was an entirely software based approach with subsurface scattering and sorts.

We need more details basically as the wording on this cannot be anymore ambiguous even if they tried.

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Pemalite Leynos (on 26 February 2022)

If we get a Pro model with the SoC built at 6nm/5nm, that would alleviate some demand from the 7nm chips in the base console... As 6/5nm doesn't replace 7nm fabs, they are an addition.

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ironmanDX Azzanation (on 27 February 2022)

Azz, you're clearly an Xbox fan. Don't comment on this article with a comment, even if it's speculation.

Please humbly accept my downvote.

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Azzanation ironmanDX (on 27 February 2022)

Thank you, i am honored to take your downvote even though i own a PS5 lol. The Internet never surprises me.

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dane007 (on 26 February 2022)

Should have made a stronger machine to handle ray tracing

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Manlytears dane007 (on 27 February 2022)

Sure, and even bigger dice that would suffer even more to be produced on the current chips shortage... PS5 is great and Sony should focus on making it's production faster, no need for more power and lesser production.

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dane007 Manlytears (on 27 February 2022)

I meant before releasing the ps5. They should have taken into account of what hardware is needed to handle ray tracing. Now its too late and yes they should focus making more ps5

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Azzanation dane007 (on 27 February 2022)

It would have been too expensive for both PS and Xbox to create a console with full Ray Tracing technology and the Horsepower to boot. It all comes down to how much these companies want to lose $ per unit sold.

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dane007 Azzanation (on 27 February 2022)

They could have matched series x or went slightly higher. For me that ssd and dual sense technology was unnecessary. Ssd seen so far hasnt showed that massive advantage that it suppose to have. Those two features alome wouldn't have beem cheap

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