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BeOS-Inspired Haiku OS Gets ARM64 Port Booting

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2026 - 17:57
Over the course of March there was much progress made on the ARM64 port of Haiku OS, the open-source operating system serving as the spiritual successor to BeOS...

Linux 7.1 Lands ARM64 NEON-Accelerated CRC64-NVMe For ~6x Improvement

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2026 - 17:50
Merged yesterday were all the CRC code updates for the Linux 7.1 kernel. Most notable with that pull is an ARM64-optimized CRC64-NVMe implementation that can deliver multiple times faster performance...

jemalloc 5.3.1 Released With Many Improvements After Nearly Four Year Hiatus

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2026 - 08:22
Jemalloc 5.3.1 was released today with next month marking four years since the prior release, jemalloc 5.3.0. While the version bump may not seem like much, jemalloc 5.3.1 comes with many performance improvements, new features, and other enhancements...

233% 3-year return on investment and 13 months to payback with Red Hat AI

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/14/2026 - 08:00
Legacy infrastructure is the primary barrier to AI strategy. Current systems simply weren't built for these workloads. Platforms lack native AI support, leaving expensive GPUs underutilized at rates as low as 30%. While teams often customize models, the accuracy of those models tends to drop. In some situations, slow provisioning times force data scientists to build their own shadow environments—unauthorized tools and systems that IT and security teams don't know about. It's clear that AI success requires a platform that helps simplify workload management and boost productivity.To quantify t

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