On high of Intel Gen12/Xe Graphics bringing other media engine improvements and a long way greater 3D graphics reinforce, one more gripping element of the next-technology Intel graphics is now confirmed: GPU-accelerated AV1 video decoding!
There has been talk of Gen12/Xe supporting AV1 now not much less than on the decode facet nonetheless a lack of exhausting files so a long way. Nonetheless landing this week in Intel’s Media Driver for Linux is indeed AV1 decode wired up for Gen12. Right here is nice to see happen and a little bit a surprise as so a long way the Intel Media Driver reinforce matrix has lacked any references to AV1.
With some 33k traces of fresh code, hardware AV1 decode acceleration is in save for Intel Gen12 graphics.
This AV1 decode for the likes of Tiger Lake / Rocket Lake / Xe DG1 will be phase of the Intel Media Driver 20.3 open for Linux customers. Moreover just a few SoCs with AV1 hardware encode and decode capabilities, Gen12 is doubtless to be the key desktop graphics hardware to market bringing AV1 decode to the masses. The Intel Media Driver code comely now affords no indications of Gen12 supporting AV1 encode, nonetheless now not much less than there might be the rapid Intel SVT-AV1 encoder on the CPU facet.
