

The IGC 0.7 Intel Graphics Compiler is also out today as part of the new release for shipping the latest compiler code and its 400+ new patches.What just happened? Raja Koduri, the man who left AMD five years ago to become Intel's Chief Architect, is leaving the company to launch his own generative AI software startup. The updated Intel Compute Runtime stack in source form as well as Ubuntu/Debian binaries can be found via GitHub for providing the latest OpenCL and Level Zero support for Intel graphics. The i915 kernel driver continues to be supported and will continue to do so for pre-Tigerlake hardware while this compute stack at least now supports the new driver's user-space API. The Intel Xe DRM driver has yet to be mainlined in the Linux kernel but in working towards that milestone for handling Gen12 graphics and newer, the Compute Runtime now has initial support for that modern kernel graphics driver. Among the most significant work in this release is presenting initial support for running the compute stack atop Intel's in-development Xe kernel Direct Rendering Manager driver.

There are some 300+ new commits in the Intel Compute Runtime 3.11 compared to the prior release. The Intel developers have also been very busy with code changes, as reported earlier this month the Intel Compute Runtime is performing very well now on DG2/Alchemist Arc Graphics and working out great across all the workloads I've been tossing its way.

The new versions are part of getting back on track following its release hiatus earlier this year and working into a monthly release cycle groove moving forward. Getting back on track for its new release rhythm, Intel today published the Compute-Runtime 3.11 version along with the Intel Graphics Compiler 0.7.
