Arm Ethos NPU Support Merged Into Mesa Gallium3D Driver For AI Acceleration
A significant development in open-source graphics drivers has emerged with the integration of Arm Ethos NPU support into Mesa Gallium3D. The new driver provides userspace acceleration capabilities for neural processing units, though performance remains unoptimized in initial implementation. Hardware documentation and reference stacks are reportedly available for further development.
Mesa Gallium3D Driver Adds Arm Ethos NPU Support
Open-source graphics development has reached a new milestone with the integration of Arm Ethos NPU support into the Mesa Gallium3D driver, according to recent reports from the development community. This driver serves as the userspace counterpart to the kernel acceleration driver previously developed, marking significant progress in neural processing unit accessibility for open-source platforms.