I never said MS didn't partner with AMD to make a custom chip. Just your interpretation of the PR is wrong.

What do you consider native? As part of the core code of RDNA 2.0 which will release on all their chips? Or, did AMD implement hardware that uses MS API processes on a controller level to make it more streamlined.

See, this is the problem with people that listen to PR, and use it as a basis for saying why one is better than the other. You ASSUME that whatever Sony supposedly brought is not as good as MS. You ASSUME that whatever supposedly brought couldn't also be implemented in the same way that AMD did with MS. You ASSUME that a custom built solution is just going to be better because MS and AMD partnered to "make it".

Every current efficient raytracing technique is already heavily patented. Unless MS reinvented the wheel, which is unlikely, I don't see how MS partnered with AMD to create anything. MS would have created API's which use some existing routine which is heavily patented, which MS would have partnered with AMD to have AMD make their controller for those processes more efficient. The API would then be crafted for the developer to take advantage of that.

But, that is exactly what is being done with all the customizations of these chips. Including all that stuff that was being talked about this gen with customizations.

No hardware core is made to an API. Hardware does not use API's. That's not what API's are. AMD built their chip with hardware that uses whatever technique MS is using for their API. Nothing less nothing more. They probably did the same thing with Sony, because Sony has said they were going to have RT, and it's been confirmed that AMD is using something Sony has for this. It could even be the same exact hardware, just different API's that control them, and one or the other has different controller level interfaces.

An API is how the software interfaces with the hardware. It's a programming thing, not a hardware level controller itself. Sometimes, as I stated before, controllers can be made to expedite API routines, which is what MS did with a lot of things in the current X1X. It will show a gain, but its not as significant as you're making it.

Nine Souls does now.