[$] A new direction for i965
Graphical applications are always pushing the limits of what the hardwarecan do and recent developments in the graphics world have caused Intel to rethink its3D graphics driver. In particular, the lower CPU overhead that the Vulkandriver on Intel hardware canprovide is becoming more attractive for OpenGL as well. At the 2018 X.Org Developers Conference KennethGraunke talked about an experimental re-architecting of the i965 driver using Gallium3D-adevelopment that came as something of a surprise to many, including him.