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FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64

Phoronix - 9 hours 22 min ago
Out today is the newest monthly update to FEX for this emulator for running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux systems, including games and the likes of Steam Play with Windows games. This Valve-sponsored project that is quite important for the upcoming Steam Frame has rolled out more performance improvements, memory savings, and other improvements with FEX 2604...

Intel NPU Linux Driver To Allow Limiting Frequency For Power & Thermal Management

Phoronix - 13 hours 20 min ago
The Intel IVPU accelerator driver used on Linux for the neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra SoCs saw a patch posted for allowing the NPU clock frequency to be limited in the name of power and thermal management...

ASUS Armoury Driver Supports A Few More Laptops With Linux 7.0

Phoronix - 17 hours 1 min ago
Merged back in Linux 6.19 was the ASUS Armoury driver to enhance support for the ROG Ally gaming handhelds and modern ASUS laptops. The ASUS Armoury driver enables various laptop features to be toggled under Linux and since its introduction it has continued expanding support for more ASUS devices. Ahead of Linux 7.0 coming out on Sunday, a few more devices are now supported by this upstream driver...

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