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GNU C Library "glibc" 2.37 Released

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 23:22
As scheduled, version 2.37 of the GNU C Library "glibc" was released this morning...

Intel Highlights Their Progress On Arc Graphics Drivers Since Launch

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 22:00
Intel this week held a presentation to talk up the progress they've made on their (Windows) graphics driver since launch for Arc Graphics where for many games there are double digit performance improvements to enjoy with the budget-friendly Arc Graphics A750 and A770 graphics cards...

Intel Making More Preparations For Enabling Future Graphics Platforms On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 21:00
The last batch of drm-intel-gt-next changes have been sent in to DRM-Next ahead of next month's Linux 6.3 merge window. Notable with this week's changes are more low-level code improvements in preparation for future Intel graphics hardware platforms...

Intel In-Field Scan Functionality Being Extended With Emerald Rapids

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 20:28
Now that Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" shipped and the initial Linux support is all aligned, recently there has been an uptick in activity around Emerald Rapids and even Granite Rapids as its successor along with the Sierra Forest support. On the EMR front, the latest Linux driver activity is extending the In-Field Scan (IFS) driver for additional testing capabilities...

Mesa 23.1 Lands Improvement For Better Handling Steam's Shader Cache

Phoronix - Wed, 02/01/2023 - 20:15
An optimization to Mesa's shader database cache eviction handling has been merged to Mesa 23.1 with a focus on benefiting Steam's shader pre-caching...

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