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Imagination Driver To Support The TI AM62P SoC In Linux 6.20~7.0

Phoronix - Thu, 01/15/2026 - 22:27
Sent out today was the latest DRM-Misc-Next pull request of new material ahead of the next kernel cycle either Linux 6.20 or 7.0 depending upon what Linus Torvalds decides to call it...

Whisper.cpp 1.8.3 Delivers A "12x Performance Boost" With Integrated Graphics

Phoronix - Thu, 01/15/2026 - 21:19
Whisper.cpp as the open-source high performance inference project built around OpenAI's Whisper and from the same developers as Llama.cpp / GGML is out with a big new release. Whisper.cpp 1.8.3 is capable of delivering a 12x performance boost for systems with integrated AMD and Intel graphics...

D7VK 1.2 Released For Improving Direct3D 6 Front-End

Phoronix - Thu, 01/15/2026 - 20:31
Started last year was D7VK as a project bringing Direct3D 7 implemented over the Vulkan API for enjoying better performance and support for legacy Windows games on Linux, akin to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton for newer versions of Direct3D over Vulkan that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton). Back in December D7VK added a Direct3D 6 front-end for allowing even older game titles to be accelerated using the modern Vulkan API. Today D7VK 1.2 is out for furthering the D3D6 support...

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