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chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote at 14:05 this Sunday (GMT):
> Paul wrote:
>
>> vallor wrote:
>>> 
>>> After updating it to Linux Mint 22.1, and while looking at the output
>>> of lspci(8), discovered this:
>>> 
>>> 0000:00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 12th Gen Core Processor 
>>> Gaussian & Neural Accelerator (rev 02)
>>> 
>>> There's an out-of-tree driver Linux driver for it, and apparently Intel
>>> is working to get it into the Linux kernel.
>>> 
>>> Having said that, can't imagine why I'd use it.  (I guess perhaps Windows
>>> Copilot might use it, but I'll defer to others regarding whether or not
>>> that is the case.)
>>
>>Your guess is as good as any.
>>
>>https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/ipla/software-development-platforms/client/platforms/alder-lake-desktop/12th-generation-intel-core-processors-datasheet-volume-1-of-2/003/intel-gmm-and-neural-network-accelerator/
>>
>>Even the person making a URL for the article, was running out of letters.
>
> Interesting.  I hadn't even heard of this GNA thingy before.
>
>>In a strange twist of fate, it's being used as a Direct Render Manager "thingy".
>>No resource goes wasted, I would guess.
>>
>>https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-GNA-To-DRM-Driver
>
> The article notes that Linux does not yet have a dedicated AI
> accelerator subsystem.  I wonder when that's coming, and if we should
> be afraid.


Well, I probably won't use it, but that is I /guess/ neat.
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