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Intel Arc Pro B70 BMG-G31 Linux Gaming Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 23:01
In recent weeks we have been exploring different areas of the Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics performance on Linux from various OpenCL and Vulkan to Level Zero compute benchmarks, scaling up to four Arc Pro B70 graphics cards, comparing to NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell, and other relevant tests. While not intended for gaming, many Phoronix readers keep raising requests for seeing the Arc Pro B70 performance for Linux gaming given the lack of any consumer BMG-G31 GPU. So for those curious, here is a look at the Linux gaming performance with the Arc Pro B70 graphics card.

Arm Announces Metis: Agentic AI Security Framework

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 22:20
Arm today announced the open-sourcing of Metis, an agentic AI security framework that delivers context AI-powered security analysis in looking out for software vulnerabilities...

QEMU Shifting On AI Policy To Allow Some AI/LLM-Generated Contributions

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 21:50
The QEMU processor emulator that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack had a policy that forbid any contributions including or derived from AI-generated content. But there are now second thoughts with a proposed patch that will permit AI/LLM contributions in non-critical areas...

Qualcomm Snapdragon C Announced For $300+ Laptops

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 21:23
For competing with the Apple MacBook Neo, Google Chromebooks, and other entry-level laptops, Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon C series SoCs...

Intel Arc G-Series Processors Announced For Handheld Gaming Devices

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 21:16
Ahead of Computex, Intel today announced the introduction of the Arc G-Series. While taking on the "Arc" branding, this isn't a new graphics card from Intel but rather their new processors with integrated graphics for handheld gaming devices...

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 Released With More Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 21:09
Building off the KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta release earlier in May, a second beta was declared today in preparing for the Plasma 6.7 stable debut in mid-June...

24 Years After The ATI R300 Launched, Open-Source R300 Driver Continues With Big Rework

Phoronix - Thu, 05/28/2026 - 20:23
While there has been talk of potentially branching off the older Mesa graphics drivers, the ATI R300 Gallium3D driver just won't die yet. The R300 Gallium3D driver for supporting ATI R300 through R500 graphics cards saw a big rework merged today in restructuring the driver's intemediate representation (IR) handling...

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