Intel enables Linux* on new Intel® architecture and platforms, including Intel® IA32 and Intel® EM64T, Intel® Itanium® Processor Family and Intel Xscale® microarchitecture. Intel Linux* teams work closely with the Linux community and operating system vendors to ensure that kernel changes for Intel® architecture including Multi-Core/HT support are readily available to the industry. Mobile platform support including Linux ACPI support, Linux Wireless driver etc. are also provided. The teams also work with the ISVs to ensure optimal performance of Linux-based middleware and applications on Intel® platform. Intel also works with industry partners to define and develop Carrier Grade Linux (CGL*). CGL* is the combination of a standard Linux distribution with a collection of enhancements designed for user in Carrier Grade environments to provide high reliability and availability features. Together with high performance system based on Intel® processors (IA32, IPF and IXA), CGL provides Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and carriers an open, high performance and reliable platform to host their Telecom applications. Intel also provides software development tools on top of Linux including Intel® compiler (ICC), performance tuning tools (Vtune™) and threading tools to support multi-threaded application development. Intel works closely with OS distributors to ensure all those software components and development tools are available in major Linux distributions.

Intel Linux teams also participate in the open source Linux VMM effort, to provide VT™ enabled Linux Virtual Machine environment on Intel IA32, Intel EM64T and Intel Itanium processor platforms.