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AMD-Xilinx XDMA Subsystem Driver Still Awaiting The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 01/17/2023 - 04:49
While the Xilinx Alveo PCIe accelerator cards have been around for several years and there has been ongoing Linux driver work equally as long, one element of the support has remained elusive from the upstream Linux kernel: the XDMA subsystem driver...

Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions [AMX] Performance With Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids

Phoronix - Tue, 01/17/2023 - 02:30
One of the most exciting features of Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors is the introduction of Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX). The Intel AMX ISA extensions are intended for speeding-up AI and machine learning related workloads. In this article is a look at the AMX performance on the Xeon Platinum 8490H processors on/off for machine learning performance.

Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" Support Coming To Coreboot

Phoronix - Mon, 01/16/2023 - 21:30
Intel last week introduced the 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors and kicking off this week is an exciting new development: patches are pending for upstreaming Sapphire Rapids processor support into the open-source Coreboot!..

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