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Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.32 Adds Wildcat Lake Support

([Intel] 5 Hours Ago Intel NPU Linux Driver 1.32)


Intel today released their Linux NPU Driver 1.32 as the user-space driver components that interacts with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver for supporting the NPU hardware with Core Ultra processors.

With the Linux NPU Driver 1.32 release is now official support for the upcoming [1]Wildcat Lake platform as a cut-down version of Panther Lake. Going back to last year was already [2]Wildcat Lake support for the IVPU kernel driver while now the NPU user mode driver components are also now ready for Wildcat Lake.

The v1.32 update also no longer relies upon the Intel Level Zero sub-module for reduced maintenance overhead and repository complexity. The Intel Linux NPU driver code can dynamically download the Level Zero dependency externally when it's not detected on the system. Plus this release has also improved its Ubuntu 24.04 packaging to automatically download Level Zero packages when needed.

Downloads and more details on the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.32 release via [3]GitHub .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Wildcat+Lake

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Wildcat-Lake-NPU-Linux

[3] https://github.com/intel/linux-npu-driver/releases/tag/v1.32.0


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the South, were of the present standard gauge. The southern roads were
still five feet between rails.
It was decided to change the gauge of all southern roads to standard,
in one day. This remarkable piece of work was carried out on a Sunday in May
of 1886. For weeks beforehand, shops had been busy pressing wheels in on the
axles to the new and narrower gauge, to have a supply of rolling stock which
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rail was loosened, moved in three and one-half inches, and spiked down in its
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