New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5x

On 20 September, Nvidia's Vice President of Applied Deep Learning, Bryan Cantanzaro, went to Twitter with a bold claim: In certain GPU-heavy games, like the classic first-person platformer Portal, seven out of eight pixels on the screen are generated by a new machine-learning algorithm. That's enough, he said, to accelerate rendering by up to 5x. This impressive feat is currently limited to a few dozen 3D games, but it's a hint at the gains neural rendering will soon deliver. The technique will unlock new potential in everyday consumer electronics. Cantanzaro's claim is made by possible by DLSS 3, the latest version of Nvidia's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling).