We are slowly starting to know more and more new details about the upcoming Xbox Series X installation. Of course, there is still much to know, but as we move forward in the year of its launch, from time to time, details come out that confirm it. various features of Microsoft's new console.
The last has been the installation, too, of audio-dedicated hardware and designed for new audio technology. Which means that, just as it did on the Xbox One and its different models, the Xbox Series X will have a chip built, designed and focused on sound.
The Xbox Series X will free your processor with a dedicated audio chip
This information will come to us from the next GDC 2020, the event which will be held on March 2. There will provide audio conference on video games and hardware acceleration relationships dedicated to future generations of Xbox. That is, it confirms that in Microsoft they have also been installed a chip that frees the processor from being loaded and shows all the audio files in games. Something left a lot of good feelings for the Xbox One.
Learn from Borderlands 3 and Gears 5 sound designers on how collaboration between Microsoft, Dolby and Middleware partners has introduced a revolution in local audio that transforms any headset into departments of various sizes in another country. Attendees will focus on the development of Audio Design (Project Acustic) and the relationship and acceleration of Hardware will accelerate Xbox launches for generations to come.
In addition, as noted @Xesusph, everything related to audio in video games represents 10% of total revenue. Functions used to process the processor, removing power and resources for other tasks, such as load of fps, IAs, etc. By installing a dedicated chip only at this stage, Microsoft is able to release the processor for all wear and tear.
As a result, better sound quality and greater processor power, which can take advantage of all its resources and all their capabilities for other tasks that require additional resources.