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Snapdragon Articles & Reviews

An Open-Source Graphics Driver For Snapdragon   Display Drivers   2012-04-14
Qualcomm Snapdragon MDP MSM8660   Computers   2011-07-11

Snapdragon Linux & Open-Source News

SHIFTphone 8 Preparing Mainline Linux Support Ahead Of Launch   Hardware   2024-05-08
Ubuntu Support Ongoing For The Arm-Based Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Laptop   Ubuntu   2024-04-30
Acer Aspire One ARM Laptop To Have "Almost Full" Support With Linux 6.10   Arm   2024-04-21
Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces New Collaboration With Qualcomm   Ubuntu   2024-04-10
CUDA On ROCm, Ryzen 8000G Series & Rust Activity Made For An Exciting February   Phoronix   2024-03-01
Qualcomm Hardware Support Increasingly In Good Shape On The Mainline Linux Kernel   Hardware   2024-02-10
Linux 6.8 Adds New Gaming Handhelds, Google Tensor & Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 + X Elite SoCs   Arm   2024-01-11
Linux 6.8 To Introduce New Intel Xe & PowerVR Graphics Drivers, Prepare For New AMD & Intel CPUs   Linux Kernel   2024-01-07
Intel Meteor Lake, Emerald Rapids & Other Popular Topics For December   Phoronix   2024-01-01
Freedreno Now Supports The Qualcomm Adreno 644 GPU   Mesa   2023-12-31
Valve's Linux Contributions, Wayland & Open-Source NVIDIA Milestones Topped 2023   Phoronix   2023-12-28
Acer Aspire 1 ARM Laptop Has Nearly Complete Upstream Linux Support   Arm   2023-12-20
The Mainline Linux Kernel To Finally Support The Google Tensor GS101 SoC & Pixel 6   Google   2023-12-19
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Will Be Able To Boot On The Mainline Linux 6.8 Kernel   Arm   2023-12-18
Box64 v0.2.6 Brings Support For More CPU Extensions, Better Syscall Emulation   Free Software   2023-12-16
AMD-Pensando Elba SoC & A Massive RISC-V 64-Core Chip Supported In Linux 6.7   Hardware   2023-11-02
Linux 6.7 Adds Support For Intel Meteor Lake Workload Type Hints   Intel   2023-11-01
TURNIP Vulkan Driver Lands Initial Support For Adreno A730/A740 GPUs   Mesa   2023-09-07
Armbian 23.08 Released With Work-In-Progress ThinkPad X13s Support, New SBCs   Operating Systems   2023-09-04
Linux 6.6 Adds Support For Intel Agilex 5 FPGAs, Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2   Arm   2023-08-30
Linux 6.6 MSM DRM Driver Preps For New Hardware, Overhead Optimizations   Linux Kernel   2023-08-23
Alibaba T-Head TH1520 RISC-V CPU & A Few New Arm SoCs Ready For Linux 6.5   Hardware   2023-06-29
Qualcomm Adreno 700 Series GPU Support Published For Open-Source Linux Driver   Linux Kernel   2023-06-29
Linux 6.5 Adding Qualcomm Adreno 690 Open-Source GPU Support   Linux Kernel   2023-06-20
Initial Apple M2 Support & Other 64-bit ARM Changes For Linux 6.4   Arm   2023-04-25
Lenovo Flex 5G / Qualcomm SC8180x Support Being Worked On For Mainline Linux   Arm   2023-03-25
Snapdragon-Powered Acer Aspire 1 Laptop Nearing Mainline Linux Support   Hardware   2023-03-15
FEX 2303 Released For Improving Linux x86_64 Gaming On ARM64   Linux Gaming   2023-03-06
New ARM/RISC-V SoC Power Management Drivers Arrive For Linux 6.3   Linux Kernel   2023-03-02
Linux Getting Quirk For Working NVMe PCIe On Surface Pro X, ThinkPad X13s   Hardware   2023-02-27
The Linux 6.3 Merge Window To Bring Many Exciting Features   Linux Kernel   2023-02-19
Linux 6.3 Supports The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 & Other New High-End Arm SoCs   Arm   2023-02-18
The Best Linux 6.2 Features From Intel Arc Graphics To Better Performance For Older PCs   Linux Kernel   2023-02-17
Ubuntu Making Progress On The Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Arm Laptop Support   Ubuntu   2023-02-17
MSM DRM Driver Adds Support For Newer Qualcomm Platforms With Linux 6.3   Linux Kernel   2023-01-31
USB & Thunderbolt Updates Land In Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-12-21
Linux 6.2 Expands Support For More Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs, Apple M1 Pro/Ultra/Max   Arm   2022-12-13
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Patches Already Surfacing For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2022-11-24
FEX 2211 Emulator Gets God of War & Other Modern AAA Games Running On Linux AArch64   Linux Gaming   2022-11-03
OpenBSD 7.2 Released With Support For Ampere Altra, Apple M2   BSD   2022-10-20
The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 6.0   Linux Kernel   2022-10-02
Linux 6.0-rc5 Released After A Calm Week Of Kernel Development   Linux Kernel   2022-09-11
Lenovo Yoga C630 Snapdragon Laptop Seeing Fresh Linux Improvements   Arm   2022-08-16
Qualcomm Posts "QAIC" DRM Accelerator Driver For Linux   Linux Kernel   2022-08-15
Lenovo Expects 30+ Platforms With Linux Support This Year, Both AMD & Intel Systems   Debian   2022-07-31
Linux 5.20 To Support The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3, ThinkPad X13s Arm Laptop   Linux Kernel   2022-07-30
Adreno 619 Support Added To Mesa - Enables Fairphone 4 GPU Support   Mesa   2022-07-23
MSM DRM Driver Adds Adreno 619 Support With Linux 5.20   Linux Kernel   2022-07-11
Linux 5.19 ARM Excites With Apple M1 NVMe, 12 Year Old Multi-Platform Achievement   Arm   2022-05-27
Qualcomm MSM Driver With Linux 5.19 Adds DSC, Preps For Mesa Driver Within A VM   Linux Kernel   2022-05-15
Tesla FSD Chip Added To Upstream Linux 5.18 Along With The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W   Arm   2022-03-24
The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 5.17 - Intel & AMD Continue With Big Changes   Linux Kernel   2022-03-10
Intel Alder Lake & Linux Kernel Advancements Made For An Exciting January   Phoronix   2022-02-01
Linux 5.17 Adds Support For "The First Usable, Low-Cost RISC-V Platform"   Linux Kernel   2022-01-12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Sees Timely Support With The Mainline Linux 5.17 Kernel   Arm   2022-01-12
Linux 5.17 Prepares To Finally Support The Adreno 506, Other MSM DRM Changes   Hardware   2021-12-29
Linux 5.16 Arm SoC Changes Bring-Up The Snapdragon 690, Other Hardware   Arm   2021-11-04
Qualcomm MSM DRM Driver Improvements Submitted Ahead Of Linux 5.16   Linux Kernel   2021-10-27
Initial Linux Kernel Patches Posted For The Fairphone 4   Hardware   2021-10-03
NVIDIA Jetson TX2 NX + Other ARM Platforms Now Supported By Linux 5.15   Arm   2021-09-02
Linux 5.15 To Add Graphics Support For Qualcomm Adreno 680, 7c3   Linux Kernel   2021-08-13
Adreno 660 + 635 Now Supported By The Open-Source OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers   Mesa   2021-07-14
Adreno 660 GPU Support Landing For Linux 5.14   Hardware   2021-06-18
Qualcomm Adreno 660 Support Published For Open-Source MSM DRM Driver   Hardware   2021-05-13
Initial Support For The Apple M1 Lands In Linux 5.13   Apple   2021-04-26
Features Expected For Linux 5.13 From Apple M1 To FreeSync HDMI To AMD Aldebaran   Linux Kernel   2021-04-17
MSM DRM Driver Picks Up Initial Support For The Snapdragon SC7280   Hardware   2021-04-12
Ubuntu Touch OTA-16 Released As The Second Largest Release Ever   Ubuntu   2021-03-16
More Open-Source Adreno 500 Series Support, A6xx Speedbin Sent In For Linux 5.12   Linux Kernel   2021-02-26
Linux 5.12 Adds eMMC Inline Encryption For Better Performance, Lower Power Use   Hardware   2021-02-23
Intel eASIC N5X, Snapdragon 888 Support Land In Linux 5.12   Hardware   2021-02-21
Freedreno's MSM DRM Driver Adds More Adreno Support, Speedbin Capability For Linux 5.12   Linux Kernel   2021-02-08
Independent Developers Tackling Snapdragon 630/660 SoC Support For The Upstream Linux Kernel   Hardware   2020-09-27
Linux 5.9 Adds Intel "Keem Bay" Support, 8 Snapdragon Smartphones, AMD EthanolX BMC, Old Tegra Tablets   Arm   2020-08-04
MSM Open-Source Driver Continues On Qualcomm Adreno 640/650 Series Bring-Up   Hardware   2020-07-30
Linux 5.8 Will Light Up The Adreno 405 / 640 / 650 GPUs On Open-Source   Hardware   2020-06-08
Linux 5.7 Kernel Released With New Apple Driver, Official Intel Gen12 Graphics   Linux Kernel   2020-05-31
The Top Linux 5.7 Features From Apple Fast Charge To Official Tiger Lake Graphics   Linux Kernel   2020-05-29
Qualcomm Adreno 650 + 640 GPUs To Be Supported By Mainline Linux 5.8 Kernel   Hardware   2020-05-25
Linux 5.7 Changes So Far: New exFAT Driver, Tiger Lake Graphics By Default, Apple Fast Charge, Etc   Linux Kernel   2020-04-06
Linux 5.7 Adds Support For The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, Mainline PinePhone Support   Arm   2020-04-04
MHI: Linux 5.7 Getting A New Bus From Qualcomm   Linux Kernel   2020-03-19
TURNIP Open-Source Adreno Vulkan Driver Adds A618 Support, Sysmem Rendering   Mesa   2020-02-14
Char/Misc Updates For Linux 5.6 Bring New Qualcomm Drivers, Intel Code Updates   Linux Kernel   2020-01-31
Linux 5.5 Can Boot The Modem Processor On Snapdragon 835 - Needed For Cell/WiFi On Qualcomm Laptops   Arm   2019-12-02
The Exciting Linux 5.4 Changes From exFAT Support To Intel Tiger Lake Graphics   Linux Kernel   2019-11-17
Qualcomm's Adreno 640 GPU Is Working Easily With The Freedreno OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers   Mesa   2019-11-12
MSM+Freedreno Driver Stack Adding Support For The Adreno 510 GPU   Hardware   2019-10-20
Linux 5.4-rc1 Kernel Steps Forward With Next-Gen GPU Bits, Arm Laptop Support & exFAT   Linux Kernel   2019-09-30
Linux 5.4 Adds Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, Supports Some Newer ARM Laptops   Arm   2019-09-17
ARM-Powered Lenovo Yoga C630 Laptop To See Better Support With Linux 5.4   Hardware   2019-09-06
Fairphone 3 Pre-Orders Begin For Ethical Smartphone With Better Specs Than The Librem 5   Hardware   2019-08-30
MSM DRM Adding Snapdragon 835 / Adreno 540 Support In Linux 5.3   Hardware   2019-06-26
Qualcomm Adreno 540 Support Prepped For Open-Source Linux Kernel Graphics Driver   Hardware   2019-05-31
Red Hat / Fedora To Work On Bringing Up Arm Laptops Under Linux   Arm   2019-04-08
Open-Source Adreno Driver Gets A6xx "Zap" Shader - Lets GPU Leave Secure Mode   Hardware   2019-03-12
Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ and Bitmain BM18xx Supported By Linux 5.1   Arm   2019-03-07
Qualcomm FastRPC Driver Going Mainline For Offloading Tasks To The DSP   Linux Kernel   2019-02-12
It's Becoming Possible To Run Linux Distributions On The HP/ASUS/Lenovo ARM Laptops   Arm   2019-02-11
Freedreno Lands An A2xx NIR Backend, Other Improvements For Mesa 19.0   Mesa   2019-01-23
The Most Notable New Features Of The Linux 4.20 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-12-20
Freedreno Gets Patches For A2xx NIR Backend   Mesa   2018-12-20
Freedreno Gallium3D Lands MSAA Support For Qualcomm Adreno 600 Series   Mesa   2018-12-09
Patches Surface In 2018 For Upstream Adreno 200 Series Support In MSM DRM Driver   Hardware   2018-11-23
ARM Is Very Busy In The Next Kernel With A Lot For NVIDIA Tegra, Snapdragon 835 & More   Arm   2018-10-30
Linux's Qualcomm Ath10k Driver Getting WoWLAN, WCN3990 Support   Linux Networking   2018-10-15
The Qualcomm MSM DRM Driver Prepares To Switch To The "AMDGPU" GPU Scheduler   Linux Kernel   2018-10-02
Adreno 600 Series Support Lands In Mesa 18.3 Gallium3D   Mesa   2018-08-18
Qualcomm Adreno 600 Series Support Submitted For Linux 4.19   Hardware   2018-08-17
DRM Updates Sent In For Linux 4.19 With New VKMS Driver, Intel Icelake Work   Linux Kernel   2018-08-15
Qualcomm Adreno 600 Series Support Proposed For Linux 4.19 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-08-11
Linux 4.19 Certainly Is Going To Be A Big Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-08-10
The Best Features Of The Linux 4.18 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-08-07
Freedreno's MSM DRM Driver In Linux 4.19 Getting "DPU1" Support For SDM845+ Support   Linux Kernel   2018-07-30
Soon It Might Be Possible To Finally Have A Nice ARM-Powered Linux Laptop   Arm   2018-06-14
Linux 4.18 Supports The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 & DT For NES Classic Edition, Steam Link   Hardware   2018-06-12
VIA Joins In The AI Race, Linux/Android Support For Their New Developer Kit   Hardware   2018-05-10
Coreboot Picks Up Librem Enhancements, New HP Elitebook Port, Cheza Snapdragon   Coreboot   2018-03-26
UBPorts' Ubuntu Touch Ported To The Moto G 2014   Ubuntu   2018-02-22
Qualcomm Rolls Out ~110k Lines Of New Kernel Code For Snapdragon 845 Display Support   Linux Kernel   2018-02-13
Several New ARM Devices Supported By The Linux 4.16 Kernel   Arm   2018-02-02
Open-Source Adreno A6xx GPU Support Posted   Hardware   2018-02-01
Code Aurora Working On Adreno 6xx Support For Freedreno   Hardware   2018-01-23
Razer Shows Off Android Laptop/Phone Hybrid Concept   Hardware   2018-01-09
Qualcomm Mentions "Vulkan2" & What I Would Suspect Of "Vulkan 2.0"   Vulkan   2017-12-12
HP & ASUS Rollout Their ARM-Powered Laptops   Arm   2017-12-05
Freedreno MSM DRM Driver Updates Submitted For Linux 4.15   Linux Kernel   2017-10-29
Freedreno Continues Stacking On New Features For Open-Source Adreno   Mesa   2017-06-26
Ten Exciting Features Of The Linux 4.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2017-02-12
Freedreno's MSM Updates For Linux 4.11, Code Aurora Prepping More Contributions   Linux Kernel   2017-02-07
PCI Updates For The Linux 4.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2016-12-18
The New Linux 4.10 Kernel Features So Far: AMD Zen, TBM3, More ARM   Linux Kernel   2016-12-16
Linux 4.10 Gets Early Support For NVIDIA Tegra Parker, Other New ARM Support   Linux Kernel   2016-12-15
Qualcomm Adreno A5xx Open-Source Driver Bringup For Freedreno   Hardware   2016-11-28
Snapdragon 821 Launched, Tops Out At 2.4GHz   Hardware   2016-07-11
Google's Gale Powered By Qualcomm Added To Coreboot   Coreboot   2016-05-11
A Bunch Of New ARM Hardware Will Be Supported With Linux 4.6   Arm   2016-03-20
Freedreno MSM Driver Lands New Support For Linux 4.6   Linux Kernel   2016-03-06
Canonical Makes The DragonBoard 410c Its Reference Ubuntu Core ARM64 Platform   Ubuntu   2016-02-24
Qualcomm Announces Vulkan For Adreno 530, Will Also Support Adreno A4xx   Vulkan   2016-02-17
Adreno 430 Support Coming To Freedreno's MSM DRM Driver   Hardware   2016-02-02
Qualcomm Adreno 430 Now Supported By Freedreno Gallium3D   Mesa   2016-01-21
Linux 4.4 DRM Pull Has Raspberry Pi Driver, AMDGPU Improvements   Hardware   2015-11-08
Looking Forward To The Linux 4.4 Merge Window Next Week   Linux Kernel   2015-10-28
Linux 4.4 MSM DRM Will Add Snapdragon 820 Support   Hardware   2015-10-23
Google Announces New Hardware, Android 6.0 M Shipping Next Week   Google   2015-09-29
Qualcomm's QuIC Adds Open-Source DRM For Brand New Snapdragon 820   Hardware   2015-09-15
MSM DRM Driver In Linux 4.3 To Bring Initial HDCP Support   Linux Kernel   2015-08-16
Freedreno Now Supports The A306 GPU   Mesa   2015-05-17
DRM Graphics Updates Sent In For The Linux 4.1 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2015-04-20