Intel’s Latest Media Driver Update Adds Improved Support & Optimizations for Arrow Lake CPUs
Intel's latest Media Driver on Linux has brought in improvements in the Video Acceleration API as well as multiple changes for next-gen Arrow Lake CPUs.
Intel's Media Driver Q4 2023 update is targeted at improving existing resources since Team Blue has already brought in next-gen architecture support for it in previous updates. The driver is ready to support Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs along with the Alchemist+ GPU architecture as well. However, this update brings enhanced support for VA-API, along with several other changes for Meteor Lake and above. You can look at the complete changelog below:
What's more interesting is that Intel's Arrow Lake-S is mentioned here which is the desktop lineup that will be targeting the LGA 1851 socketed platforms in the coming year. These chips will directly follow up to the current 14th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh lineup and feature enhanced architectures on both CPU and GPU sides.
Recently, Team Blue has ramped up the developments at Linux, especially targeted at refining resources intended for graphical performance. In our previous coverage, we reported about Intel's "revamped" Xe kernel GPU driver, which included redesigned user interfaces, and several other "engineering" improvements that are aimed at making cross-CPU architecture compatibility much more improved with Intel graphics.
The recent developments by Team Blue in terms of delivering early next-gen support at Linux are quite exciting to see as well since it shaping up Linux as a platform that is coming on par with competitors when it comes to hardware and software support.
News Source: Phoronix
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