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AMDVLK 2023.Q2.3 Released With RX 7600 Support, Counter-Strike 2 Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 21:41
AMDVLK 2023.Q2.3 is out today as the newest snapshot of AMD's official open-source Vulkan driver...

AMD Prepares Linux Driver For New Feature: FreeSync Panel Replay

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 19:10
FreeSync Panel Replay is a new feature for AMD Ryzen laptops with the DCN v3.1.4 display block or newer for helping to reduce power usage when the screen contents are unchanged...

Arm Ethos-U Linux Driver Posted For Machine Learning Processor

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:43
Arm and NXP engineers have posted the initial open-source Linux driver patches for an Ethos-U driver for their machine learning processor to enable Linux to dispatch AI inference jobs to the hardware. It's yet another inference/accelerator driver working its way toward the mainline kernel but is off to a rocky start with many code issues being raised...

NsCDE 2.3 Released For Modern Desktop Looking Like The Old CDE

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:29
A new version of the "Not so Common Desktop Environment" is now available, a modern Linux desktop that continues to mimic the look and feel of the old CDE Unix desktop environment...

Google Limiting IO_uring Use Due To Security Vulnerabilities

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:07
While IO_uring has been one of the greatest Linux kernel innovations in recent years for helping to deliver more performant and efficient I/O, it's also been home to various security vulnerabilities. Due to ongoing security issues, this interface for asynchronous I/O is being restricted or outright disabled across Google products...

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