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Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers for Embedded Intel® Architecture-Based Chipsets

Intel® Embedded Graphics Drivers specifically target the needs of embedded platform developers, offering a robust alternative to drivers designed for the desktop and mobile market segments. With a flexible architecture, extending to the video BIOS, and a new UEFI video driver, this driver set speeds customer time-to-market by allowing OEMs and system integrators to customize configurations in-house, while maintaining a competitive performance profile.

Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers have been validated on specific Linux* distributions and Microsoft Windows* operating systems. The drivers support a variety of operating systems on the following Embedded Intel® architecture-based chipsets and system controller hubs:

Related information

Desktop class (scalable) chipsets for embedded computing

Notebook class (low power) chipset for embedded computing

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Intel® Dynamic Display Configuration Technology

Intel technology lets embedded customers expand usage models beyond typical desktop and laptop configurations through numerous advanced display configuration capabilities, including:

  • Multi-display using any combination of available display ports
  • Dynamic display detection and enablement according to configurable display port order
  • Simplified specification of customized flat-panel timings
  • Use of EDID data for panels on the integrated LVDS port
  • In-display configuration via support of the new VESA Display ID specification
  • Setup of conditional behavior when EDID and/or non-EDID panels are detected
  • Advanced configuration for clone display mode on different sized displays
  • Use of integrated display ports in conjunction with PCI-based graphics cards
  • Ability to display POST messages and boot to DOS in clone display mode (VESA modes only)
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Cross-platform feature consistency

Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers feature a modular architecture which enables similar functionality across all supported Intel platforms and operating systems. This reduces time-to-market through customer familiarity and ease of portability to future embedded Intel platforms with integrated graphics. Designed for embedded market segments, these drivers provide features specific to the needs of embedded platform developers, while maximizing configuration flexibility.

Intel Embedded Graphics Drivers support a wide range of applications including, but not limited to:

  • Embedded in-vehicle Infotainment systems running Wind River Linux,* driving dual independent LVDS flat-panel displays and utilizing MPEG2 hardware video decode acceleration
  • Point-of-Sale (POS) systems running desktop Microsoft Windows XP*, driving dual independent LVDS flat-panel displays
  • Kiosk systems running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded*, driving dual independent displays, such as a single CRT display and a single DVI flat-panel display
  • ATM systems running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded, driving a single LVDS flat-panel display
  • Video slot machines running Microsoft Windows Embedded CE* 6.0, driving two LVDS flat-panel displays via vertical extended display
  • Advertisement systems running Fedora Core* Linux, driving a single 16:9 wide-screen VGA plasma display dual independent displays, such as a single CRT display and a single DVI flat-panel display
  • ATM systems running Microsoft Windows XP Embedded, driving a single LVDS flat-panel display
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Features and benefits


Common feature set
  • Cross-platform feature consistency
  • Common features portable across Intel's integrated graphics chipset product families and across operating systems
Configuration Editor Graphical pre-installation utility program allows easy creation of consolidated driver installation packages for Microsoft Windows Embedded CE*, Microsoft Windows*, Linux* and VBIOS across numerous platforms and display combinations
Port driver extensibility Software development kit allows the addition of customized port devices (beyond those supported by default)
Configurable display support
  • Simplified mechanism for adding new or custom display modes
  • Advanced configuration capabilities instruct the driver how to detect and select appropriate timings for system displays 24bit internal LVDS supported (on chipsets with 24bit capability)
Control APIs Non-standard features exposed, such as display switching and toggling, and DVO device control
Boot configurability Driver and video BIOS may be customized specifically for OEM display and platform configurations
Overlay support
  • Improved video playback performance using the X11 Xv interface or Microsoft DirectDraw* interface
  • Second overlay supported for Clone or Dual Independent Display (Extended) mode configurations
Multiple-display support
  • Dual independent display ("extended mode") available when supported by the hardware
  • Twin mode (same display timings to two displays) is supported on hardware with a single video pipe
  • Dual video pipe systems enabled to drive more than two displays, using twin mode on each video pipe
ACPI on Microsoft Windows* and Linux* Advanced configuration and power interface for all supported Embedded Intel® Architecture-Based Chipsets and System Controller Hubs
2D acceleration Improved performance of applications which take advantage of OS acceleration APIs, including X11 XAA interface, or Microsoft DirectDraw* interface
Microsoft Direct3D* and Microsoft D3D Mobile* support Improved performance for 3D applications utilizing Microsoft DirectX* APIs for Microsoft Windows operating systems
OpenGL for Linux
  • OpenGL on supported 2.6 kernel Linux distributions for advanced 3D graphics acceleration on dual independent displays
  • OpenGL ES 1.1 supported on the Intel® System Controller Hub US15W
  • Open GL 2.0 supported on Intel® System Controller Hub US15W on Linux*, Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded* and Microsoft Windows CE*; on , Intel® Q45 Express Chipset, Intel® Q35 Express Chipset on Linux*
  • OpenGL 1.5 supported on the Mobile Intel GME 965 Express and Intel Q965 Express chipsets
  • OpenGL 1.4 supported on the Mobile Intel GME965 Express, Intel Q965 Express, Mobile Intel 945GME Express, Intel 945G Express, Mobile Intel 915GME Express, Intel 915GV Express, and Mobile Intel 910GMLE Express chipsets
Upscaling Lower-resolution modes can be displayed full screen with configurations that support upscaling (example: internal LVDS, and Chrontel* CH7308*)
Hardware video decode acceleration support (Intel® System Controller Hub US15W only)
  • Relieves decode burden from the processor, reduces power consumption of the system, and eliminates the need for software CODECs
  • MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264 and VC-1 formats supported in Wind River Linux,* Red Hat Embedded Linux* and Red Flag Linux* via VA-API
  • MPEG2, H.264, VC-1 formats supported in Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows XP Embedded*, Microsoft Windows Embedded for Point of Service* via DXVA
  • MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264 formats supported in Microsoft Windows CE*
Anti - Aliasing (Intel® System Controller Hub US15W Only) Minimizes distortion when displaying high-resolution video at lower resolutions. Supported on Linux*, Microsoft Windows XP*, Microsoft Windows CE*
COPP (Intel® System Controller Hub US15W Only) Certified output protection protocol support on Microsoft Windows XP*

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