New AMD XDNA Linux Driver Patches Add Ryzen AI NPU6 IP, Other Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: New AMD XDNA Linux Driver Patches Add Ryzen AI NPU6 IP, Other Improvements

The "AMDXDNA" accelerator driver for supporting the Ryzen AI NPU is set to be introduced in the Linux 6.14 kernel next year. Ahead of that debut, a new set of patches from AMD surfaced on Wednesday to provide fixes and code improvements as well as introducing support for newer Ryzen AI "NPU6" IP...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-XDNA-Ryzen-AI-NPU6-Patches

[jaxa]

How are they on "NPU6" with only XDNA2 (~50 TOPS)? Do they use a new number for versions that are clocked differently, like Phoenix (10 TOPS XDNA1) vs. Hawk Point (16 TOPS XDNA1)?

[smitty3268]

How are they on "NPU6" with only XDNA2 (~50 TOPS)? Do they use a new number for versions that are clocked differently, like Phoenix (10 TOPS XDNA1) vs. Hawk Point (16 TOPS XDNA1)?

I imagine the NPU version # is from Xilinx and predates AMD's acquisition and start of the XDNA branding.