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FEX 2503 Brings Fixes & Multi-Block By Default For x86_64 Linux Binaries On ARM64

Phoronix - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 19:25
FEX 2503 is out as the newest monthly update to this open-source emulator that enables the ability to run Linux x86_64 binaries on Linux ARM64 (AArch64) hosts...

Mold 2.37 Linker Preps For Intel APX

Phoronix - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 19:14
Rui Ueyama released Mold 2.37 today as the newest feature update to this high performance linker as an alternative to GNU Gold and LLVM LLD...

AMD Announces "Instella" Fully Open-Source 3B Language Models

Phoronix - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 08:13
Another announcement at AMD today beyond the open-source Linux driver fun for the Radeon RX 9070 series is announcing the open-sourcing of Instella as their new fully open 3B parameter language models...

Intel Engineers To Return To Working On Habana Labs Linux Driver, Gaudi 3 Expected

Phoronix - Thu, 03/06/2025 - 02:09
After a few Habana Labs driver maintainers left Intel last year and the upstream open-source Habana Labs driver going on rather a hiatus, it looks like Intel software engineers will be returning to work on this upstream Linux kernel driver for supporting the Gaudi AI accelerators...

Xen 4.20 Hypervisor Released With AMD Zen 5 Support, More Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Wed, 03/05/2025 - 23:06
The Xen Project announced the availability today of the Xen 4.20 virtualization hypervisor...

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