abstract:In computing, EXA is a graphics acceleration architecture of the X.Org Server (see also X Window System) designed to replace XAA (the XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)Summer coding (Zack Rusin blog entry, 3 June 2005) and to make the XRender extension more usable, with only minor changes needed to adapt XFree86 video drivers written to use XAA; it was designed by Zack Rusin and announced at LinuxTag 2005Acceleration Architecture (initial LinuxTag presentation by Zack Rusin) and first released with X.