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AMD Talks Up Open-Source Software For AI, Introduces Instinct MI300X

Phoronix - Wed, 06/14/2023 - 02:28
Beyond launching Bergamo and Genoa-X, AMD's AI Day also showcased the new AMD-Pensando DPU offerings and also previewed more of their next-gen Instinct MI300 accelerator APU...

AMD Uses AI Day To Launch Genoa-X & Bergamo

Phoronix - Wed, 06/14/2023 - 01:49
In addition to AMD announcing the Ryzen PRO 7000 series this morning, they have now announced Bergamo, Genoa-X, and other new data center offerings...

AMD Announces Ryzen PRO 7000 Series Laptop & Desktop CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 06/13/2023 - 21:00
AMD is kicking off what is going to be an exciting day with announcing the Ryzen PRO 7000 series processors for upcoming laptops and desktops.

The Old ATI R300 Open-Source Driver Sees Improvements For OpenGL, WineD3D Apps/Games

Phoronix - Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:50
Thanks to the driver being open-source, the ATI (AMD) R300 Gallium3D driver within Mesa is still seeing new (occasional) optimizations for Radeon graphics cards launched nearly two decades ago...

Meta Proposes Shared Workqueue For Linux's CFS - Small Throughput Win

Phoronix - Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:15
Meta engineers have proposed a shared workqueue "swqueue" feature for the Linux kernel's CFS scheduler that can help with a small throughput performance improvement and slightly better latency, particularly for AMD systems with multiple CCXs...

Tracking The OpenCL Support Status With Mesa Drivers

Phoronix - Tue, 06/13/2023 - 20:05
The convenient Mesa Matrix tracker that has long shown Vulkan and OpenGL versions and extensions supported by the different open-source drivers has also now begun reporting OpenCL support...

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