Microsoft has confirmed that its Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) technology will expand to NVIDIA GeForce RTX cards, the RTX Spark platform, and Intel Arc B-Series GPUs in October 2026. The update also targets Intel Core Ultra Series 2 and 3 processors.
ASD allows developers to ship pre-compiled shaders and download hardware-specific versions from the cloud. While currently supporting AMD RDNA 1 through 4 and Qualcomm Snapdragon X2, a Gears of War: E-Day demo showed a 95% reduction in compilation times.
The technology aims to eliminate shader-induced stuttering and speed up loading. Despite these goals, a TPU test of Gears of War: E-Day on AMD driver 26.9.2 still saw a 15-minute compilation, highlighting the importance of upcoming driver optimizations.