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Intel's Linux Software Optimizations Continue Paying Off Big Time For Xeon Emerald Rapids

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:30
Intel 5th Gen Xeon Scalable processors already offer some nice generational improvements with improved AVX-512, faster DDR5 memory support, and also the new Optimized Power Mode option. But if wanting to maximize the performance capabilities even further, Intel's Clear Linux distribution continues working out well for maximizing the performance capabilities of Intel x86_64 hardware.

System76 Rolls Out Lemur Pro Laptops With Core Ultra "Meteor Lake"

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 23:30
For those that have been interested in Intel's Meteor Lake mobile processors for the great integrated Arc Graphics capabilities and/or the new integrated NPU with open-source Intel iVPU kernel driver upstream, System76 today announced the new Lemur Pro laptops with Core Ultra processors...

Raspberry Pi "V3DV" Vulkan Driver Now Supports Dynamic Rendering

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 22:22
Merged this week into Mesa 24.1 for the Broadcom VideoCore V3DV Vulkan driver that is most notably used by the latest Raspberry Pi boards is support for VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering...

Linux 6.9 Adds New Build-Time Control Whether To Authorize Attached USB Devices

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 22:02
The in-development Linux 6.9 kernel is introducing a new USB_DEFAULT_AUTHORIZATION_MODE Kconfig build-time switch to change the default authorization mode for how Linux should deal with attached USB devices...

KSMBD Now Implements Durable File Handles With Linux 6.9

Phoronix - Thu, 03/21/2024 - 18:56
The KSMBD in-kernel SMB3 server is gaining support for durable file handles in the Linux 6.9 kernel...

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