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Intel’s Next-Gen CPU Support Advances With Nova Lake GCC Integration And Panther Lake Firmware

Intel’s upcoming processor architectures are gaining crucial software support ahead of their market debut. The GCC 16 compiler now includes Nova Lake support, while firmware for Panther Lake laptops has been upstreamed, signaling continued progress in Intel’s development pipeline.

Compiler Support Advances for Intel’s Future Architecture

Support for Intel’s next-generation Nova Lake processors has been merged into the GCC 16 compiler, according to reports from Phoronix. This significant development in the open-source compiler ecosystem indicates that Intel is progressing with its future CPU architecture, with sources suggesting this represents one of the earliest public software support implementations for the upcoming processors.