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In computing
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, UMA Acceleration Architecture (UXA) is the reimplementation of the EXA
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graphics acceleration architecture of the X.Org Server
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Implementations of the client-side X Window System protocol exist in the form of ''X11 libraries'', which ...
developed by Intel
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. Its major difference with EXA is the use of GEM
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, replacing Translation Table Maps
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. In February 2009 it became clear that UXA would not be merged back into EXA.
Intel is transitioning from UXA to SNA.
Implementations
In May 2009 it was announced thatUbuntu
Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical (company), Canonical and a community of contributors under a Meritocracy, meritocratic gover ...
would migrate their graphics acceleration for the Ubuntu 9.10 release to UXA.
See also
*Direct Rendering Infrastructure
The Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is the framework comprising the modern Linux graphics stack which allows unprivileged user-space programs to issue commands to graphics hardware without conflicting with other programs. The main use ...
* Mesa 3D
Mesa, also called Mesa3D and The Mesa 3D Graphics Library, is an open-source software, open source implementation of OpenGL, Vulkan, and other graphics API specifications. Mesa translates these specifications to vendor-specific graphics hardware ...
* EGL
References
X-based libraries {{Compu-stub