“Divide latency by 10”: here is the solution to fix the biggest weak point of Nvidia GeForce Now

MediaTek, a tech company specializing in connectivity solutions and semiconductors, has announced a major software update for home cloud gaming. An announcement which directly affects its new partner, a certain Nvidia, whose cloud gaming service called GeForce Now is by far the most efficient on the market.

An ever-growing market, particularly in this context of shortage of components which pushes us to turn to cheaper alternatives to local gaming.

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A remedy for network congestion, AI sauce

The software update for routers and internet boxes introduces AI-assisted AQM (Active Queue Management). Yes… still artificial intelligence, and we will have to get used to it because it is certain that it has its place in the future of telecom networks. Regardless, MediaTek claims that this is a first in the industry and that this technology would be capable of dividing latency by 10 during cloud gaming sessions.

As cloud gaming platforms like Nvidia GeForce Now grow in popularity, ensuring a smooth gaming experience across all networks is crucial to giving users the console-like performance they expect.

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Because this is the weak point of cloud gaming. While it is capable of running the latest AAA games on any device, the experience depends entirely on the state of the fiber/Wi-Fi/5G network and its hazards. A simple network congestion can lead to dropped frames, spike in latency, drop in FPS and make the session unpleasant. For this reason, cloud gaming is hardly recommended for competitive games.

MediaTek's new solution requires a simple software update, but only equipment equipped with the Taiwanese manufacturer's T930 chipset is currently eligible. It is only found in the latest generation Wi-Fi and 5G routers.

How does AI-AQM work?

MediaTek's AI-AQM combines standard AQM techniques that manage network router queues with an AI-powered QoS tool that handles traffic routing. A combination which aims to considerably reduce waiting times.

AI-AQM works independently of the devices connected to the network in the sense that the latter do not need to be changed or install updates. However, they reap all the benefits, and not just for cloud gaming, but also video conferencing, downloads and streaming.

This AQM is able to identify latency-sensitive traffic and give it a priority path through the network to ensure ultra-low latency and stable jitter, without harming other flows on the same network. This does not necessarily divide the latency by 10 every time and it does not remedy all the freezes and stutters either, but MediaTek's AI-AQM has the merit of making cloud gaming possible on a saturated network.

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