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Tyr Rust GPU Driver Implements Core Memory Management, Targets Upstream

Collabora's Tyr project has reached a significant milestone, implementing core GPU memory management capabilities within its Rust-based GPU kernel driver. Detailed in a blog post yesterday, August 26,...

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Kraid Compiler for Panfrost Driver Passes All Vulkan CTS Compute Shader Tests

Collabora recently announced that Kraid, the new compiler developed for the Panfrost driver stack, has reached a significant development milestone. Kraid now passes all Vulkan CTS compute shader tests...

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Collabora Releases Arch Linux aarch64 Port Preview for Holo Core

Collabora recently announced a preview release of an Arch Linux aarch64 port for Holo Core. This initiative provides early binaries, source code, and containers for an Arch Linux-based aarch64 port. T...

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Valve & Collabora Release Experimental Arch Linux AArch64 Holo Core for Steam Frame

Valve and Collabora today published the initial sources and binaries for "AArch64 base developed by Valve and Collabora for the Steam Frame headset.">Holo Core," an experimental Arch Linux AArch64 base. This release is part of the ongoing development for Valve's upcoming Qual...

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Collabora Releases Weston 16 With HDR, Perfetto Debugging, DRM Backend Boosts

Collabora has released Weston 16, the latest version of its reference Wayland compositor. The update focuses on expanding High Dynamic Range (HDR) and color management support, enhancing Perfetto debu...

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Linux Kernel 7.1 Released With Graphics, Rust, SoC Enhancements

The Linux kernel 7.1 has been released, bringing a range of updates across various subsystems. Key improvements in this version include significant enhancements to graphics capabilities, further integ...

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Collabora Develops OpenXR Experience for Ocean Soundscape Advocacy

In an April 22 blog post, Collabora detailed its collaboration with environmental nonprofit SOMAR to develop an open source extended reality (XR) experience. This application immerses users in an unde...

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Collabora Details OpenXR Ocean Soundscape Experience for Environmental Advocacy

Collabora recently detailed its collaboration with environmental nonprofit SOMAR on an open source Extended Reality (XR) experience. This application, built on OpenXR, immerses users in the underwater...

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Collabora Partners Flipper Devices on Open Linux for RK3576

Collabora today announced a partnership with Flipper Devices to develop an open Linux platform. This initiative targets hardware hackers and will power the upcoming Flipper One device. The Flipper One...

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Collabora Details Rust-Based Tyr Progress for Vulkan on Mali CSF GPUs

Collabora published a blog post yesterday, May 14, detailing the continued development of its Rust-based "Tyr" project, focusing on the CSF (Command Stream Frontend) architecture for Arm Mali GPUs. Th...

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Collabora Integrates BitNet Ternary LLM Inference into ExecuTorch via Vulkan

Collabora announced on April 17, 2026, the integration of BitNet-style ternary Large Language Model (LLM) inference into ExecuTorch. This implementation leverages ExecuTorch's Vulkan backend to enable...

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Collabora Highlights 227 Patches for Linux Kernel 7.0 Graphics, Media, SoC Support

Linux kernel 7.0 has been released, incorporating significant hardware enablement and performance updates. Collabora announced its contributions, totaling 227 patches from 24 developers, detailing the...

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Monado OpenXR Runtime Adopted by AndroidXR, Snapdragon Spaces, NVIDIA CloudXR

Collabora's Monado OpenXR runtime has become a foundational component for several major extended reality (XR) platforms, as revealed in a Collabora newsroom article today. This includes Google's Andro...

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PanVK Overhauls Framebuffer Abstraction for Mali GPUs, Enhances Vulkan Tiled Rendering

Collabora announced yesterday that PanVK, the open-source Vulkan driver for Arm Mali GPUs, has received a significant update to its framebuffer abstraction. This re-architecture removes historical Ope...

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Rockchip Mainline Linux Achieves Vulkan 1.4, NPU Support

Collabora published a blog post on March 02, 2026, summarizing Nicolas Frattaroli's FOSDEM talk on Rockchip's mainline Linux progress. The review highlighted significant advancements in bringing Rockc...

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Linux Kernel Merges RK3588/RK3576 VDPU38x Video Decoder Support

Collabora recently announced that support for Rockchip's VDPU381 and VDPU383 video decoders has been merged into the upstream Linux kernel. This integration brings mainline H.264 and HEVC decode capab...

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Collabora Confirms Monado as Core OpenXR Runtime for Android XR

Collabora announced today that Monado, an open-source OpenXR runtime, has been selected as the core runtime for Android XR. The company confirmed Monado is "at the heart of the new OpenXR runtime for ...

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Weston 15.0 Delivers Lua Shell, Experimental Vulkan Renderer, Display Stack Improvements

Weston 15.0 was recently released by Collabora, introducing significant updates to the Wayland compositor reference implementation. A new Lua-based shell has been integrated, allowing for fully custom...

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Linux Kernel 6.19 Integrates Collabora Arm Mali GPU, Rockchip Video Support

Collabora recently detailed its significant contributions to the ongoing development of Linux Kernel 6.19. The company's 21 developers contributed 125 patches, focusing on key areas for graphics and s...

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Collabora Improves Chromium V4L2 Video Acceleration on MediaTek SoCs

Collabora recently announced its ongoing efforts to enhance the Chromium experience on embedded Linux devices powered by MediaTek Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). The company is focused on addressing "long-sta...

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Monado 25.1.0 Enhances OpenXR Hand Tracking, Device Support, Core Runtime

Monado 25.1.0, the open-source OpenXR runtime maintained by Collabora, was released today. This update delivers major improvements across several key areas, coinciding with the conclusion of the Unite...

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Linux Kernel 6.18 Integrates Collabora's Rust Driver for Arm Mali GPUs

The latest Linux kernel release, version 6.18, features significant contributions from Collabora's engineering team. Most notably, Kernel 6.18 integrates Tyr, a new Rust driver designed for CSF-based ...

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