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GCC 14 Compiler Lands Initial Support For Targeting AMD RDNA3 "GFX11" GPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 19:26
AMD makes heavy use of the LLVM compiler infrastructure by their graphics drivers and compute stack while the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has to a lesser extent supported AMD graphics targets too in the context of GPU compute / OpenMP device offloading. That AMD Radeon/Instinct support for GCC has been carried out over the years by Mentor Graphics and other stakeholders. The latest on the AMD GPU expedition for GCC is that the upcoming GCC 14 compiler will finally be supporting AMD RDNA3 (GFX11) graphics hardware...

Linux 6.8 HID: Steam Controller Driver Fixes From SteamOS, Nintendo NSO Controller Support

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 19:12
The HID driver updates for Linux 6.8 include some useful additions primarily for Linux gamers or those otherwise making use of modern game controllers for other input purposes...

LibreOffice 24.2 RC1 Free Software Office Suite Released

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 18:55
Ahead of the planned release at the start of February, the release candidate of LibreOffice 24.2 is now available for this leading free software office suite to rival Microsoft Office predominantly on Linux systems as well as other platforms...

Linux 6.8 Power Management Prepares For Upcoming Intel Server Processors

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 18:37
Intel engineer and longtime Linux power management subsystem maintainer Rafael Wysocki on Monday sent out all the PM updates for the in-development Linux 6.8 kernel...

A Nifty Way To Access Linux Memory/RAM Information

Phoronix - Tue, 01/09/2024 - 17:00
Making use of dmidecode is the go-to way of being able to read various DIMM memory information on Linux systems like the model number, speed, and other attributes. But sadly using dmidecode is restricted to root due to needing to access /dev/mem. But it turns out there is another less reported way to receive much the same information...

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