[Sound-open-firmware] [ANNOUNCE] SOF v1.6-rc3 released

[Liam Girdwood]

The SOF developers are pleased to announce the release of our first
signed release candidate for v1.6. i.e v1.6-rc3

Binaries can be found here.

https://github.com/thesofproject/sof-bin/tree/stable-v1.6

New features are

* Support for Intel Tigerlake
* Support for Maxim Smart Amplifiers
* Beamformer Microphone support.
* DC blocker audio processing component.
* Major feature and performance improvements for ASRC, KWD and FIR/IIR.
* Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements for Intel and NXP
platforms.

In a change from the previous release process, the later release
candidates will now be signed by Intel so that users can have the
chance to test drive prior to v1.6 final. This will also give
distributions more time to integrate and resolve any issues.

Firmware issues can be reported here.

https://github.com/thesofproject/sof/issues

Thanks

Liam