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AMD GFX941 & GFX942 GPU Targets Added To LLVM Compiler

Phoronix - Thu, 05/11/2023 - 01:39
Going back to last year there's been AMD GFX940 work within the LLVM compiler for its AMDGPU compiler back-end. That AMD GFX940 should align to the Instinct MI300 while introduced to the latest LLVM compiler code today are new GFX941 and GFX942 targets...

Linux 6.5 To Boast Improved Handling For Intel Hybrid CPUs With Hyper Threading

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:36
Going back to last August were Intel patches to help Intel hybrid CPU handling on Linux by avoiding unnecessary task migrations within SMT domains. Coming this summer those Intel patches are finally set to arrive with the Linux 6.5 kernel cycle...

Lighttpd 1.4.70 Adds Native Windows Build Support, Faster CGI Spawning

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 22:09
A new version of Lighttpd is out today, the BSD-licensed, open-source web server that focuses on being very speedy and lightweight on CPU and memory resources...

Failing A PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD In Less Than 3 Minutes Without Extra Cooling

Phoronix - Wed, 05/10/2023 - 20:09
Following the Corsair MP700 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD review under Linux with many readers being surprised by file-system errors when not adding extra cooling like the motherboard's passive M.2 heatsink and being curious about the situation myself, here are more tests of ultimately how this drive will reliably hit file-system errors in three minutes or less without added cooling...

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