# The current state of support for Intel new inst like AMX in Rocky Linux

**URL:** <https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649>\
**Category:** Infrastructure\
**Created:** [October 26, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649 "2022-10-26T01:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![guixiong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4bbf92/32.png) [@guixiong](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/guixiong)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649/1 "2022-10-26T01:52:05Z")

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Hi team,

Is the latest kenrel linux-4.18.0-372.26.1.el8\_6 has fully supports Intel AMX? or  
Which Rocky kernel version will fully support Intel AMX?  
Could you share the current status?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649/2 "2022-10-26T19:12:32Z")

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What is AMX? What would it be used for?

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**Author:** ![guixiong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4bbf92/32.png) [@guixiong](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/guixiong)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649/3 "2022-10-27T09:43:50Z")

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It is a new instruction on Intel latest CPU, [Advanced Matrix Extensions - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Matrix_Extensions)

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**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649/4 "2022-10-27T09:48:17Z")

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It’s supported in kernel 5.16 and higher. Therefore for Rocky 8 or Rocky 9 you can use elrepo-kernel and install `kernel-ml` package, which is kernel 6.x. So kernel less than 5.16 does not support it.

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**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/the-current-state-of-support-for-intel-new-inst-like-amx-in-rocky-linux/7649/5 "2023-08-25T03:36:24Z")

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