NVIDIA Tegra K1: The 64-bit processor NVIDIA Tegra K1, considered the world’s fastest chipset at the moment, will fully support the DX12 API according to a report by WCCF Tech. It will also be coming with the Denver support, which earlier has been rumored to have been canceled.

The tech site noted that even though the NVIDIA Tegra K1 gets eventual hardware level support for DX 12, there are arguments against it too. One point of support is that it is NVIDIA’s flagship mobile processor, so empowering it is critical. One argument against it is that it almost finished its run on the assembly line, making it difficult (if not impossible) to add a brand new feature.

In a tweet by Usman Pirzada, he said that “#Nvidia #Tegrak1 SoC does support DX 12 API. Oh and Denver is still en-route too. https://wp.me/p1mv9m-lBm.”

In earlier reports, it has been confirmed that the NVIDIA Tegra K1 will have full support for DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.4 and ES 3.0. Although DirectX 12 API is supported Direct X12 is in many cases not there. The move has caused some confusion in the past, especially for the fact that current generation GPUs will support DX12 API but not the full blown DX 12.

WCCF Tech noted that support for the DX12 will come in future architectures and even 20nm Maxwell in all probability. Users will not receive the full DX 12 features set on the current GPUs.

The NVIDIA Tegra K1 was released and gained great attention at the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas. In certain benchmark tests, the NVIDIA Tegra K1 has outperformed the latest and fastest chipsets of Qualcomm (Snapdragon 800), Apple (A7), and Intel (Haswell).