Knights

Intel Abandons Knights Mill and Knights Landing Processors, Removes Support from LLVM after First Aurora Supercomputer’s Downfall

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Intel Abandons Knights Mill and Knights Landing Processors, Removes Support from LLVM after First Aurora Supercomputer’s Downfall

Intel has stopped supporting its Xeon Phi Knights Mill and Knights Landing accelerators in the LLVM/Clang 19 compiler, signaling the end of MIC architecture support in the Aurora supercomputer. This decision comes after the GCC compiler also ended support for Intel’s Xeon Phi accelerators, likely due to Intel discontinuing hardware support. The deprecation of Xeon … Read more

Intel Eliminates Support for Knights Mill and Knights Landing Xeon Phi in LLVM 19

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Intel Eliminates Support for Knights Mill and Knights Landing Xeon Phi in LLVM 19

Intel has made the decision to remove support for Xeon Phi in the upcoming LLVM/Clang 19 compiler release, following the deprecation of support in LLVM/Clang 18 earlier this year. This move mirrors GCC’s decision to deprecate and then remove Xeon Phi support in their recent releases as well. The removal of support for Xeon Phi … Read more