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Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.6 Released For Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake
Intel engineers on Wednesday released the Linux NPU Driver v1.6 release for this for this MIT-licensed user-space mode driver support for the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) found since the Core Ultra Series 1 'Meteor Lake' SoCs and currently supporting the upcoming Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake processors as well
In any event those wanting the latest Intel user-mode driver support for their NPU can find the code up on GitHub while their kernel driver continues to be maintained within the mainline tree -- something that AMD is still behind in with their Ryzen AI (XDNA) support as they continue to work on upstreaming their kernel driver and expanding their user-space software support. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.
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