Kernel: Intel and Real-time Work
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Intel lays the groundwork for Xe3 Celestial graphics — Panther Lake CPU enablement in Linux has begun
Intel engineers have been spotted working on Linux drivers for the Xe3 graphics architecture.
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Intel Lunar Lake sees up to 20% performance boost in Linux vs. Windows with iGPU caveats
In a recent performance review comparing Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200 series laptop processors on Linux and Windows 11, performance on Linux was consistently better across almost all benchmarks. Linux was on average 14% faster, and Blender 3D rendering and heavily multi-threaded workloads saw the biggest performance gap.
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The Linux Kernel to Support Real-time Scheduling Out-of-the-Box
Linux 6.12 will officially include support for real-time processing in its mainline thanks to a PR that enables PREEMPT_RT on all supported architectures. While aimed at applications requiring deterministic time guarantees, like avionics, robotics, automotive, and communications, it could bring improvements to user experience on the desktop, too.
By Sergio De Simone