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Amazon Engineer Adds LTR Encode Support To Open-Source AMD Radeon Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 09/20/2022 - 03:55
Merged today for Mesa 22.3 is support with the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver's Video Core Next (VCN) code to support video encoding with LTR mode...

AMD Preps More AMDGPU Fixes For Linux 6.1, Still Working On Gang Submit

Phoronix - Tue, 09/20/2022 - 00:30
In addition to Intel having closed out last week by submitting their last batch of feature updates to DRM-Next for kernel graphics driver changes slated for Linux 6.1, AMD engineers also did the same with their likely last major set of AMDGPU driver changes intended for this next kernel cycle...

NVIDIA Working To Make Linux Safer For Cars, Robots & Other Safety Critical Environments

Phoronix - Mon, 09/19/2022 - 21:40
NVIDIA is working on their own address space isolation (ASI) implementation for the Linux kernel that they hope will make the kernel safer for use within automobiles, robotics, and other areas where NVIDIA Tegra embedded hardware has a growing Linux-powered presence...

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