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Linux 6.6 Looks To Be Very Lucrative For AMD Server Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 09/20/2023 - 02:10
As a continuation of last week's article looking at Linux 6.6 bringing some impressive gains for AMD EPYC Bergamo, over the past few days I've also tested Linux 6.5 stable and Linux 6.6 Git on Genoa and Genoa-X processors as well as Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" in looking at this next kernel version's performance. The Sapphire Rapids performance was largely flat while for an interesting class of workloads the Linux 6.6 performance drives the AMD EPYC server performance much higher.

Intel Innovation 2023 Kicks Off With Meteor Lake & Emerald Rapids Launch Date: 14 Dec

Phoronix - Tue, 09/19/2023 - 23:35
Intel is kicking off their Innovation 2023 conference in San Jose with many exciting announcements. Freed from embargo this morning is news around their upcoming mobile and server processors, lots of AI talk, Intel's continued software advancements to complement their hardware, and more...

Java 21 / JDK 21 Reaches GA With Virtual Threads, Generational ZGC

Phoronix - Tue, 09/19/2023 - 22:38
Java 21 and the JDK 21 release under a general availability (GA) status occurred a short time ago as the newest major update to the Java programming language...

Fedora 39 Beta Released With Faster DNF, GNOME 45 Desktop

Phoronix - Tue, 09/19/2023 - 22:26
The beta release of Fedora 39 is now available for testing ahead of its planned stable release prior to the end of October...

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