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Intel Adds Linux 7.5 Driver Support for Crescent Island GPU
Intel is continuing to add Linux kernel driver support for its Crescent Island AI accelerator, now known as the Intel GPU D Series, according to a report from Phoronix. The work is aimed at the Linux 7.5 kernel cycle.
Ongoing kernel driver work
Phoronix reports that the Crescent Island accelerator, a chip built to carry out many calculations at once for graphics and AI workloads, continues to attract a substantial amount of activity in the Linux kernel driver code.
Background on the hardware and company
The hardware is based on Intel's Xe3P graphics architecture. Intel is a semiconductor and electrical company headquartered in Santa Clara and founded in 1968.
Open questions
- Will the D Series driver support be complete when Linux 7.5 is released?