Intel Graphics Driver Has Alder Lake N & DG2/Alchemist Performance Boost For Linux 5.18

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Intel Graphics Driver Has Alder Lake N & DG2/Alchemist Performance Boost For Linux 5.18

Intel on Tuesday submitted to DRM-Next what is likely to be their biggest set of feature updates for their "i915" kernel graphics driver in this spring's Linux 5.18...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.18-Pull-Intel-i915

[kylew77]

When can we expect laptops/Chromebooks with Alder Lake N support to start shipping? Anyone in the industry know?

[coder]

When can we expect laptops/Chromebooks with Alder Lake N support to start shipping? Anyone in the industry know?

My bet is on late Q3 or in Q4. Let's hope it's sooner, but I wouldn't plan on getting one before the end of the year.

[kylew77]

My bet is on late Q3 or in Q4. Let's hope it's sooner, but I wouldn't plan on getting one before the end of the year.

I desperately needed a new Chromebook because my old one was broken so I saw a $100 off sale on a Jasper Lake model and jumped on it, it isn't a bad laptop but I wish it had a bit more power but there was no way I could wait till Q4. Kinda sucks that Google announced steam will only be supported on Gen 11 core series and newer. I was like well now I know why the atom based Jasper Lakes were discounted!

[coder]

I desperately needed a new Chromebook because my old one was broken so I saw a $100 off sale on a Jasper Lake model and jumped on it, it isn't a bad laptop but I wish it had a bit more power but there was no way I could wait till Q4.

Sorry for your misfortune, but at least you got the discount. If you'd paid more and bought it before necessary, I think it would feel more regrettable.

Hopefully, when you step up to something better, it can be a bigger leap. The 15 W class of laptops has really come a long ways, in terms of performance, and yet they're still fairly thin, light, and less expensive than the 35+ W models.

AMD's new 6000-series APUs will offer up to 8 cores / 16 threads @ 15 W. Intel plans to address this segment with no more than 2 P-cores + 8 E-cores. Should be an interesting battle. Here's fresh review of Rembrandt (in the 35/45/65 W class):

https://www.anandtech.com/show/17276...3-plus-scaling