The name Xbox is derived from a combination of words and concepts related to the development of the console. Microsoft's first foray into the gaming market was called DirectX. It was originally ...

Microsoft announced DirectX Raytracing (DXR) 1.2, which will bring massive 2X and 2.3X improvements to ray-tracing performance.

Additionally, Microsoft calls out shader execution reordering with a 2x performance uplfit "in some scenarios," which it ...