Intel Arc/Xe Compute on Linux: the essential list of packages (August 2024)

Can you use distro packages to unleash the full compute potential of your Intel Arc GPU on Linux? In this video, I walk you through the essential packages you need, straight from your distro's repositories. I'll talk about the availability of packages such as intel-compute-runtime, levelzero, gmmlib, libvpl, and more, across various distributions like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Whether you're setting up AI compute tasks or Video transcoding, this guide has you covered.

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:34 - Why This All Matters
01:10 - Intel Compute Runtime
01:57 - Level Zero
02:46 - GMMLIB
02:57 - libVPL
03:30 - Thank You / State of the Channel
04:27 - VPL-GPU-RT vs. MediaSDK
05:28 - LibVA
06:40 - The Other Distros
08:00 - Conclusion

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