Introduction
System requirements for the Intel® Open VKL component of Intel® oneAPI Rendering Toolkit
Version History
| Date | Toolkit Version | Component Version | Major Change Summary |
| September 2023 | 2023.2.1 | 1.3.2 | Library rebuild with 2023.2.2 Intel® oneAPI DPC++ Compiler. No other library change. |
| July 2023 | 2023.2.0 | 1.3.2 | No Change |
| May 2023 | 2023.1.1 | 1.3.2 | No Change |
| March 2023 | 2023.1 | 1.3.2 | Updated to use Embree 4.x. More ARM support. |
| December 2022 | 2023.0 | 1.3.1 | No Change |
| September 2022 | 2022.3.1 | 1.3.1 | Bug/Security Fixes |
| September 2022 | 2022.3 | 1.3.0 | AVX512 support, VDB, and memory saving updates. |
| April 2022 | 2022.2 | 1.2.0 | Structured, vdb, particle updates. Examples updates. |
| December 2021 | 2022.1 | 1.1.0 | vklExampes updates. VDB updates. |
| September 2021 | 2021.4 | 1.0.0 | Major Release |
| June 2021 | 2021.3 | 0.13.0 | Feature and API updates |
| March 2021 | 2021.2 | 0.12.0 | Feature Updates |
| November 2020 | 2021.1 | 0.11.0 | Gold |
2023.2.1
The Intel® oneAPI 2023.2.1 release only features use of an updated compiler toolchain with no other changes. See 2023.2.0 for system requirements.
2023.2.0
Supported Operating Systems (Host and Target)
NOTE: The following distributions are supported by most components. These OS distributions are tested by Intel or known to work; other distributions may or may not work and are not recommended. If you have questions, access the Intel Community Forums when you need assistance. If you have Commercial Support, create a support ticket.
Linux* Host
- Ubuntu* LTS 22.04, 20.04
- Rocky* Linux 8, 9
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL*) 8, 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* (SLES) 15 SP3, SP4
- Fedora* 36,37
- Debian* 9, 10, 11
- Amazon 2, 2022
- WSL 2
Windows* Host
- Windows* 10
- Windows* 11
- Windows* Server 2019, 2022
macOS* Host
- Intel® 64 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey
- macOS* 13.0
- Apple* M1 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey or higher
Supported Target Hardware Platforms
The following platforms are supported by most software components.
NOTE: Intel® 64 hardware platforms must support at least Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2. Full software optimization is implemented for Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512. See ark.intel.com to search device capabilities.
- Intel® 64
- Intel Atom® processors
- Intel® Core™ processor family
- Intel® Xeon® processor family
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family
- ARM
- Apple* M1
Software Requirements
Prerequisites
- Recommended: OpenGL* to run the vklExample viewer pre-built sample program
- Recommended: Intel® Implicit SPMD Program Compiler version 1.19.0 or higher
- Required for Intel optimized code paths (1.20 included automatically)
- A C99 or C++11 capable compiler (C++17 or higher recommended)
- Intel rkcommon library version 1.11.0 or higher (included)
- Intel oneTBB version 2021.9 or higher (installed automatically from toolkit)
- Intel Embree version 4.0.1-beta or higher (4.1.0 included)
Development Environment
Windows* OS:
- Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 or higher is recommended
macOS*:
- XCode* & XCode* command-line tools
2023.1
Supported Operating Systems (Host and Target)
NOTE: The following distributions are supported by most components. These OS distributions are tested by Intel or known to work; other distributions may or may not work and are not recommended. If you have questions, access the Intel Community Forums when you need assistance. If you have Commercial Support, create a support ticket.
Linux* Host
- Ubuntu* LTS 22.04, 20.04
- Rocky* Linux 8, 9
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL*) 8, 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* (SLES) 15 SP3, SP4
- Fedora* 36,37
- Debian* 9, 10, 11
- Amazon 2, 2022
- WSL 2
Windows* Host
- Windows* 10
- Windows* 11
- Windows* Server 2019, 2022
macOS* Host
- Intel® 64 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey
- macOS* 13.0
- Apple* M1 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey or higher
Supported Target Hardware Platforms
The following platforms are supported by most software components.
NOTE: Intel® 64 hardware platforms must support at least Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2. Full software optimization is implemented for Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512. See ark.intel.com to search device capabilities.
- Intel® 64
- Intel Atom® processors
- Intel® Core™ processor family
- Intel® Xeon® processor family
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family
- ARM
- Apple* M1
Software Requirements
Prerequisites
- Recommended: OpenGL* to run the vklExample viewer pre-built sample program
- Recommended: Intel® Implicit SPMD Program Compiler version 1.19.0 or higher
- Required for Intel optimized code paths
- A C99 or C++11 capable compiler (C++17 or higher recommended)
- Intel rkcommon library version 1.11.0 or higher (included)
- Intel oneTBB version 2021.8 or higher (installed automatically from toolkit)
- Intel Embree version 4.0.1-beta or higher (included)
Development Environment
Windows* OS:
- Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 or higher is recommended
macOS*:
- XCode* & XCode* command-line tools
2023.0
Supported Operating Systems (Host and Target)
NOTE: The following distributions are supported by most components. These OS distributions are tested by Intel or known to work; other distributions may or may not work and are not recommended. If you have questions, access the Intel Community Forums when you need assistance. If you have Commercial Support, create a support ticket.
Linux* Host
- Ubuntu* LTS 22.04, 20.04
- Rocky* Linux 8, 9
- Arch Linux*
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* (RHEL*) 8, 9
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server* (SLES) 15 SP3, SP4
- Fedora* 36,37
- Debian* 11
- Amazon 2022
Windows* Host
- Windows* 10
- Windows* 11
- Windows* Server 2019, 2022
macOS* Host
- Intel® 64 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey
- macOS* 13.0
- Apple* M1 based systems:
- macOS* 12.0 Monterey or higher
Supported Target Hardware Platforms
The following platforms are supported by most software components.
NOTE: Intel® 64 hardware platforms must support at least Intel® Streaming SIMD Extensions 4.2. Full software optimization is implemented for Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512. See ark.intel.com to search device capabilities.
- Intel® 64
- Intel Atom® processors
- Intel® Core™ processor family
- Intel® Xeon® processor family
- Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family
- ARM
- Apple* M1
Software Requirements
Prerequisites
- Recommended: OpenGL* for vklExample viewer sample program
- Recommended: Intel® Implicit SPMD Program Compiler version 1.18.0 or higher
- Required for Intel optimized code paths
- Included: Intel® Embree 3.13.5
- Included: Intel® OSPRay rkcommon library 1.10.0
- A C99 or C++11 capable compiler (C++17 or higher recommended)
Development Environment
Windows* OS:
- Microsoft Visual Studio* 2019 or higher is recommended
macOS*:
- XCode* & XCode* command-line tools
2022.x
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