--- title: AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support | daily.dev description: AMD released HIPRT 3.2, the first update to its HIP ray-tracing library since the start of 2026. The library is used by cross platform software like Blender. A... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amd-hiprt-3-2-released-with-medusa-apu-support-y35rchnvo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support | daily.dev og:description: AMD released HIPRT 3.2, the first update to its HIP ray-tracing library since the start of 2026. The library is used by cross platform software like Blender. A... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amd-hiprt-3-2-released-with-medusa-apu-support-y35rchnvo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Y35RcHnVo.png og:image:alt: AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AMD released HIPRT 3.2, the first update to its HIP ray-tracing library since the start of 2026. The library is used by cross platform software like Blender. A key addition is support for the upcoming AMD Medusa APUs, the next-generation Zen 6 client CPU/APU family, listed with graphics IP versions GFX1170, GFX1171, and GFX115E. The release also adds performance optimizations such as unrolling transform functions, support for shear on SRT frames, CUDA 13 compatibility enhancements, codebase modernization work, and various bug fixes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What graphics IP versions does AMD's upcoming Medusa APU use in HIPRT? AMD HIPRT 3.2 lists Medusa, the upcoming Zen 6 client CPU/APU family, with graphics IP versions GFX1170, GFX1171, and GFX115E. This is one of the most notable additions in the HIPRT 3.2 release, the first update to the HIP ray-tracing library since early 2026. _Developers tracking next-gen AMD GPU support can follow HIPRT updates like this on daily.dev._ ### What's new in AMD HIPRT 3.2? HIPRT 3.2 adds support for upcoming Medusa APUs, performance optimizations like unrolling transform functions, support for shear on SRT frames, CUDA 13 compatibility enhancements, large scale codebase modernization, and various bug fixes. It's the first HIPRT update since the beginning of 2026, and the library is used by software such as Blender. _Graphics developers deciding when to update their ray-tracing stack can keep tabs on HIPRT releases via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AMD ROCm 7.13 Released With Instinct MI350P Support, More Ryzen AI APUs](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-rocm-7-13-released-with-instinct-mi350p-support-more-ryzen-ai-apus-glr1ejkt2) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [HIP Threads: GPU power for teams without GPU experts](https://daily.dev/posts/hip-threads-gpu-power-for-teams-without-gpu-experts-h26sugzep) · AMD GPUOpen · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AMD ROCm 7.10 Released - Strix Point APUs Now Officially Supported](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-rocm-7-10-released---strix-point-apus-now-officially-supported-khmr3wmzh) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Vintage AMD Radeon GPUs are getting a second life with AI-optimized Linux drivers](https://daily.dev/posts/vintage-amd-radeon-gpus-are-getting-a-second-life-with-ai-optimized-linux-drivers-t8cp9ptkg) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#game-development](https://daily.dev/tags/game-development), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender), [#amd](https://daily.dev/tags/amd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/amd-hiprt-3-2-released-with-medusa-apu-support-y35rchnvo) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AMD HIPRT 3.2 Released With Medusa APU Support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/amd-hiprt-3-2-released-with-medusa-apu-support-y35rchnvo","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/amd-hiprt-3-2-released-with-medusa-apu-support-y35rchnvo"},"datePublished":"2026-10-21T09:44:17.967Z","dateModified":"2026-10-21T09:47:34.381Z","description":"AMD released HIPRT 3.2, the first update to its HIP ray-tracing library since the start of 2026. 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