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Firefox Finally Outperforming Google Chrome In SunSpider

Phoronix - Tue, 08/15/2023 - 21:53
Mozilla developers are celebrating that they are now faster than Google Chrome with the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, although that test has been superseded by the JetStream benchmark...

Raspberry Pi V3D Driver Gaining Per-Process GPU Usage Stats

Phoronix - Tue, 08/15/2023 - 18:20
Maíra Canal with Igalia has sent out a set of patches for exposing GPU usage statistics for the Broadcom graphics processor found within the Raspberry Pi 4 single b oard computers...

AMD P-State Preferred Core Patches For Linux Updated, Will Be Enabled By Default

Phoronix - Tue, 08/15/2023 - 17:55
AMD's Preferred Core feature continues working its way toward the Linux kernel for this functionality that's been around since Zen 2...

Intel Sapphire Rapids PECI Support Coming With Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Tue, 08/15/2023 - 17:00
The Intel Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI) changes have been prepped for the upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel cycle and include extending support for including 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" server platforms...

Glibc Git Lands Another FMA-Optimized Function - 24% Mean Improvement

Phoronix - Tue, 08/15/2023 - 09:23
A few days ago Intel compiler expert H.J. Lu landed an FMA-optimized log2 function for the GNU C Library that could yield up to a 69% performance improvement on tested Intel Skylake processors. Merged today to Glibc Git was another FMA-optimized function...

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