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Intel Readies Big Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.17: Multi-Device Prep, SR-IOV, WCL

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 08:59
Intel has some terrific improvements lined up for their modern "Xe" kernel graphics driver with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel cycle. New hardware support, SR-IOV preparations for Battlemage, other Intel Battlemage work, and also preparations for the upcoming multi-device support...

NovaCustom Launching An Intel Meteor Lake NUC Box Running On Dasharo/Coreboot

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 08:14
For those interested in a small form factor PC running on the open-source Coreboot firmware, Netherlands-based vendor NovaCustom is launching an Intel Meteor Lake powered NUC box running on the Dasharo downstream of Coreboot...

OpenCL 3.0.19 Released With SPIR-V Queries & Android Hardware Buffer Extensions

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 03:23
The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.19 documentation as the latest specification for the OpenCL 3.0 compute API...

Nouveau NAK Lands A Big Improvement For NVIDIA Kepler GPUs: As Much As 2.5x Faster

Phoronix - Fri, 07/11/2025 - 01:14
Merged today to the open-source NVIDIA "NAK" compiler code within Mesa 25.2 is Kepler instruction scheduling. This real instruction scheduling support for GeForce GTX 600/700 "Kepler" graphics processors can provide some significant performance benefits in select workloads...

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