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NVIDIA 525.105.17 Linux Driver Backports IBT Kernel Compatibility, Other Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 03/31/2023 - 02:00
While last week NVIDIA promoted their 530 Linux driver series to stable, for those using the prior NVIDIA 525 series production branch a new point release was issued today that backports several fixes...

AMD CDX Bus Landing For Linux 6.4 To Interface Between APUs & FPGAs

Phoronix - Fri, 03/31/2023 - 01:00
Since last year AMD-Xilinx has been posting Linux patches for enabling CDX as a new bus between application processors (APUs) and FPGAs. The AMD CDX bus is now poised for introduction in the upcoming Linux 6.4 cycle...

MSI Laptops To Enjoy Better Linux Support Beginning With The 6.4 Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 03/30/2023 - 23:30
Modern MSI laptops will see improved feature support with the upstream Linux 6.4 kernel this summer thanks to a new driver set to be merged...

AMD EPYC Milan Still Gives Intel Sapphire Rapids Tough Competition In The Cloud

Phoronix - Thu, 03/30/2023 - 22:30
While waiting for AMD 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" instances to become available via the major public cloud providers, I was curious to see how existing AMD EPYC Milan instances compare to Intel's new Sapphire Rapids instances in public preview on Google Cloud. While expecting some friendly competition, at the same vCPU size EPYC Milan was managing to deliver not only better performance-per-dollar but also even better raw performance in numerous workloads against the Google Cloud C3 Sapphire Rapids.

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