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Python 3.11 Is Much Faster, But Pyston & PyPy Still Show Advantages

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 21:10
There was much interest in the recent Python 3.11 beta benchmarks showing much performance uplift from this in-development version of Python compared to prior 3.x releases. While Python 3.11 performance is looking great and huge advantages compared to prior versions, there are also alternative Python implementations like PyPy and Pyston. Stemming from Phoronix reader requests, here are benchmarks showing how Python 3.11 beta performance compares to those alternative Python implementations.

Vulkan 1.3.217 Adds Extension To Interact With Apple Metal Objects

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 20:02
Vulkan 1.3.217 is out this morning as the newest version of the Khronos' high performance graphics/compute API specification. With Vulkan 1.3.217 comes two new extensions...

How to run a Jar file - TheServerSide.com

Google News - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 19:30
How to run a Jar file  TheServerSide.com

Linux 5.20 With AMD Zen Will Prefer MWAIT Over HALT As An HPC Optimization

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 18:45
Earlier this year was an AMD Linux patch to prefer using MWAIT rather than HALT for cases where the CPU idle driver isn't being used. Using MWAIT can lead to significant improvements for the exit latency and now for the Linux 5.20 cycle later this year that change is expected to land...

More Intel Raptor Lake & Meteor Lake Driver Additions Coming For Linux 5.20

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 17:57
Intel's open-source Linux driver engineers are busy not only preparing support for next-generation 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" processors but also the follow-on 14th Gen "Meteor Lake" on Linux...

RADV Adds EXT_primitives_generated_query To Help Zink OpenGL-On-Vulkan

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 17:25
The newest contribution to the open-source Radeon Vulkan "RADV" driver in Mesa by Valve's Linux graphics driver developers is for supporting VK_EXT_primitives_generated_query...

BeOS-Inspired Haiku Makes Progress On Driver Porting, Plans For Usable RISC-V Images

Phoronix - Thu, 06/09/2022 - 17:09
The Haiku open-source operating system project building off the success of BeOS continues steadily improving its hardware support and making other improvements...

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