As some good news out of Intel today on the Linux/open-source side following last year’s layoffs, they’re hiring for some new Linux software development roles – including for enhancing their Linux graphics driver stack that also includes a focus on Linux gaming with the likes of Valve’s Proton (Steam Play).
Intel passed along six new engineering roles they have posted as recently as yesterday – three of which are for GPU software development engineers where the focus isn’t only on HPC/AI GPU compute but also Linux gaming.
Intel is such a weird company, “we’re still having issues with CPU’s and factories, let’s scale up GPU stuff!”
Tbh I hope it goes well for them, more competition can only be a good thing. AMD is basically unchallenged on Linux and NVIDIA is unchallenged on Windows.
But those Arc cards actually look good (for the low budget segment they are in that is…) and are mainly held back by lackluster drivers. So I get the decision.