Intel
Longtime Intel Linux driver maintainer leaves company
Reported by AI
A veteran maintainer of Linux drivers at Intel has departed the company. This marks yet another exit from the team responsible for open-source graphics and driver development.
LLVM/Clang 22 merges support for Intel Nova Lake
LLVM/Clang 22 has integrated support for Intel's Nova Lake architecture. This update introduces the '-march=novalake' compiler flag.
Intel begins groundwork for Xe3P GPUs on Linux
Reported by AI
Intel's Linux development team has started preparing support for its next-generation Xe3P graphics architecture. The company sent the first batch of patches this week to enable the new GPUs in the Linux kernel. This marks the initial steps toward integrating upcoming Intel processors and graphics cards into open-source environments.
Intel's Linux kernel patches improve database performance by 18 percent
Intel has developed new patches for the Linux kernel that deliver an 18% increase in database performance. The changes were reported by Phoronix.
Linux 6.18 DRM pull adds new drivers and Rust support
Linus Torvalds has pulled the Direct Rendering Manager updates for Linux kernel 6.18, introducing new open-source drivers and Rust integration for graphics hardware. The changes focus on enhancements for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA systems, alongside support for accelerators like Rocket and Tyr. DRM maintainer Dave Airlie highlighted the push toward Rust in the kernel's graphics subsystem.