14 DAY TRIAL // We have previously brought you news that AMD is currently working on its very first tablet endeavor dubbed “Project Discovery.”
The announcement got a lot of people excited, especially since it was reported that the chip maker would be incorporating several peripherals (like a game controller) into the device, thus offering an especially game-capable tablet.
And gamers weren’t wrong to get their hopes up. A new report coming to us via VentureBeat brings news that ARM has just acquired 3D gaming specialist Geomerics, a company specializing in delivering photo-realistic graphics for games like Battlefield 4, Medal of Honor: Warfight, Eve Online, Inquisition and Primal Carnage.
Geomerics is the inventor of the Enlighten system, a technology supposed to be capable of getting lighting and shadows just right in games. Basically, Enlighten will use mathematically correct patterns to automatically cast shadows.
EVP and GM Media Processing Division at ARM, Pete Hutton commented on the recent acquisition.
“The innovative technologies being developed by Geomerics are already revolutionizing the console gaming experience and are set to rapidly accelerate the transition to photo realistic graphics in mobile.”
“Empowering Geomerics’ portfolio with ARM’s graphics capabilities and market reach will be transformative for the user experience in future mobile and entertainment devices.”
Bottom line, the technology is expected to provide new levels of realism and gameplay experience and it will certainly prove to be very interesting to see what it can do when embedded into tablets (smartphones too).
On the other hand, AMD’s tablet is expected to pack the company’s next-gen Mullins processor, a low-cost chip said to consume only 2 watts of energy while the device is active.
Portable gaming consoles like the PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS be afraid, be very afraid! We will hopefully get to meet “Project Discovery” at CES 2014 in January.