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⇱ Intel NPU Linux Driver 1.24 Released - Phoronix

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Intel NPU Linux Driver 1.24 Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 3 October 2025 at 08:35 AM EDT. 1 Comment
Intel today released a new version of their NPU Linux driver user-space components that interface with the upstream IVPU kernel driver.

Intel engineers today published the NPU Driver 1.24 release with updated firmware and other seemingly mostly routine updates:
* Updated Level Zero to v1.24.2
* Updated vpux_elf submodule to ad07093
* Updated compiler to npu_ud_2025_38_rc1
* New Firmware binaries
* New driver and umd-test changes

There was no further insight into the other "new driver changes".

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The Intel NPU Linux Driver 1.24 release is officially validated on Core Ultra Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake, and Lunar Lake SoCs. Those wanting the updated Intel NPU Linux user-space driver components can find the new release on GitHub.

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