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Ryzen Mobile Power/Performance With Linux 6.3's New AMD P-State EPP Driver

Phoronix - Thu, 04/13/2023 - 01:00
With Linux 6.3 there is the new AMD P-State EPP driver code for supporting the ACPI Energy Performance Preference (EPP) to further enhance the power efficiency and performance of modern AMD systems on Linux. Last week I ran some benchmarks of AMD EPYC with the new AMD P-State EPP mode while in today's article is a look at the laptop impact with Ryzen Mobile when comparing ACPI CPUFreq, the existing AMD P-State driver, and the new AMD P-State EPP mode and its multiple different preferences.

NVIDIA RTX-Remix 0.1 Released For Adding Path Tracing To Classic Games

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 22:30
In addition to releasing the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card today (unfortunately, no launch day Linux review, still waiting on hardware...), NVIDIA has released as open-source the RTX Remix software for helping to add path tracing support to classic games...

Arm Opens Up To Using Intel's 18A Process For Leading-Edge SoCs

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 21:53
Intel Foundry Services (IFS) has racked up a big win today with Arm over enabling chip designers to make use of Intel's upcoming 18A process for low-power Arm SoCs...

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