<ul><li>Intel is already working on support for its Xe3 GPU architecture in Linux.</li><li>Xe3, codenamed Celestial, won't be used in any chips until late in 2025, but Intel engineers are laying the groundwork for enabling Xe3 in the Linux kernel.</li><li>The Linux driver code builds on the existing Xe2 code and focuses on Xe3 LPM (low-power mode).</li><li>The arrival of discrete Celestial graphics cards seems distant, as Intel's 2nd-gen Arc graphics, Battlemage, hasn't even been released yet.</li></ul>

Intel’s already working on its 3rd-gen Celestial GPUs – but we’re still waiting for discrete 2nd-gen Battlemage graphics cards

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