The dream of seeing console-quality graphics on phones has long been hampered by high power consumption and overheating issues. British chip giant Arm, after five years of meticulous development, has officially announced its new graphics unit, the Mali G2-Ultra NX , which will rewrite the rules of the portable gaming world. This new GPU, which houses a direct hardware AI accelerator, will first appear in Xiaomi’s new foldable flagship

Xiaomi 18 Fold

launched in China, and with the Xring O3 chipset at its heart. Nvidia’s revolutionary DLSS approach on desktops is being adapted to smartphones, aiming to run games at higher frame rates, sharper resolutions, and lower power consumption. Nvidia DLSS Approach Comes to Smartphones: “Neural Graphics” The Arm Mali G2-Ultra NX delivers a net increase in raw power, up to 14 percent in non-AI tests and up to 85 percent according to Xiaomi’s previous analyses, compared to the previous generation in classic graphics rendering power. However, the real revolution lies in AI units like Tensor, which are directly integrated into the shader cores of the graphics processor. Arm generally groups these hardware capabilities under the umbrella of

“Neural Graphics”

. This package, expected to revolutionize the mobile world, consists of three main components:

Neural Super Sampling (NSS):

It scales a low-resolution rendered scene to high resolution with the help of artificial intelligence. Thus, the graphics processor doesn’t have to exert excessive effort to render pixels, and jagged edges are eliminated.

Neural Frame Rate Upscaling (AI-Powered Frame Generation):
• Just like DLSS 3 and AMD FSR solutions on the PC side, it inserts AI-generated intermediate frames between two existing frames.

Neural Denoising (Ray Tracing Improvement):

• Combined with third-generation Ray Tracing hardware, it cleans up noise and graininess in ray tracing reflections.

Up to 4x Increase in Frame Rates and Low Power Consumption

According to information shared by Arm, when these three technologies are activated simultaneously, the frame rate (FPS) in games can increase up to 4 times. Of course, there is a slight input lag cost due to intermediate frame generation; However, the resulting fluidity and battery savings are becoming a critical advantage for portable platforms.

Chris Bergey, Senior Vice President of Edge AI at ARM, draws attention to the efficiency of the architecture they developed. Bergey emphasizes that a phone with these processors consumes a total of 2.5 watts of power with all its hardware during gaming, and only around 1.5 watts specifically for the GPU.

These costs mean that phones can operate stably for long hours without heating up pockets or excessive battery drain. For example, batteries that previously lasted 30 minutes at the highest settings now promise over 3 hours of uninterrupted gaming experience in a 1080p 60 FPS scenario. The Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro Max

tablet, which uses the same chipset, can reach up to 120 FPS at 3.2K resolution thanks to its large body advantage and improved cooling area.

When Will the Features Arrive and Which Devices Will Use Them?

ARM’s new graphics features are reaching gamers not all at once, but through a phased roadmap. In the first phase, developers will activate the resolution upscaling (Neural Super Sampling) feature, while frame rendering technology is planned to be integrated into games in early 2027, followed shortly after by advanced noise reduction.

Already,

Where Winds Meet , Infinity Nikki

, and

Arena Breakout: Infinite

are among the first productions that are confirmed to benefit from this AI accelerator. Popular game engines such as Unreal Engine and Unity also facilitate this integration.

This revolutionary technology will not be exclusive to the Chinese market or a single brand. Chris Bergey says that the Mali G2-Ultra NX architecture will be featured in smartphones, tablets, and even Google’s next-generation Chromebook models sold globally starting next year. Moreover, this infrastructure will not be limited to top-segment flagships but will also be extended to more accessible Premium and Pro series chipsets, becoming a mainstream standard in the portable world.

Arm announced the Mali G2-Ultra NX GPU, which brings neural graphics technology like DLSS to smartphones. Details of the new chip, which offers a 4x frame rate increase, are in our news.

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