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Microsoft Previews Project Helix in Developer Showcase Today

The briefing signals a performance-first reboot built on a custom AMD chip with next‑gen DirectX.

Overview

  • The stream airs Thursday at 12 p.m. ET on Microsoft’s Game Dev YouTube channel hosted by Jason Ronald and Chris Charla.
  • Project Helix is framed as the next Xbox platform designed to run both Xbox and PC games on a custom AMD system-on-a-chip co‑designed with the next generation of DirectX.
  • Microsoft has touted an order‑of‑magnitude leap in ray tracing performance for the new hardware.
  • Coverage points to FSR Diamond, an AMD image upscaler that adds multi‑frame generation, as a likely focus, though Microsoft has not confirmed details.
  • With developer kits not expected until 2027, Microsoft is withholding consumer specs, pricing, and timing as memory costs could change the plan.