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Intel Habana Labs AI Driver Prepares For Move To Linux's New Accelerator Subsystem

Phoronix - Tue, 12/27/2022 - 06:30
With the in-development Linux 6.2 kernel there is the new compute accelerator "accel" subsystem/framework as part of the Direct Rendering Manager area. The creation of that new subsystem was pulled together by Intel (Habana Labs) and now their AI accelerator driver is preparing to move from the "char/misc" catch-all to this new subsystem...

UBports' Ubuntu Touch 20.04-Based Build Offered In New Beta/RC Channel

Phoronix - Tue, 12/27/2022 - 04:15
As a long awaited gift for those using UBports' Ubuntu Touch, for Christmas the open-source, community-driven crew published a beta/RC build of Ubuntu Touch re-based atop Ubuntu 20.04 LTS...

Solidigm P44 Pro Linux Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 12/26/2022 - 23:45
A few months back we looked at the Solidigm P41 Plus NVMe SSD from this company that formed when SK hynix acquired Intel's NAND/SSD business. The P41 Plus was a budget-friendly consumer SSD with QLC memory while recently they launched the P44 Pro as a step-up and based on the SK hynix Platinum P41 design. I've been testing the Solidigm P44 Pro 1TB and 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs under Linux to great performance.

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