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Intel's Embree 4.2 Promotes Its SYCL GPU Support Out Of Beta

Phoronix - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 17:43
Intel today released Embree 4.2 as the newest feature update to this open-source and high performance ray-tracing library. While Embree has long offered fast CPU-based ray-tracing support, Embree 4.0 introduced GPU acceleration via SYCL. With the Embree 4.2 release, the GPU SYCL support is no longer being treated as beta...

10 Free Linux Books That Will Make You a Linux Master

Tecmint - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 12:12
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GNU C Library 2.38 Released With More C2X Features, x86_64 GNU Hurd Support

Phoronix - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 07:46
Following the release this weekend of GNU Binutils 2.41, another important GNU software project just issued their latest update: the GNU C Library 2.38...

Mozilla Firefox 116 Now Available - Capable Of Wayland-Only Builds

Phoronix - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 02:53
Ahead of the official announcement tomorrow, Mozilla Firefox 116 builds are available today for those wanting this latest open-source web browser...

Intel Prepares Linux Driver For Next-Gen VPU With Lunar Lake

Phoronix - Tue, 08/01/2023 - 01:28
With the upcoming Intel Meteor Lake processors is the introduction of the Versatile Processing Unit "VPU" IP block for computer vision and deep learning use-cases to provide better performance. Earlier this year with Linux 6.3 the iVPU driver was merged. Meteor Lake processors haven't even officially launched yet while already Intel's open-source engineers have begun enabling the next-gen VPU to be found with Lunar Lake processors...

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