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Ryzen Mobile Power/Performance With Linux 6.3's New AMD P-State EPP Driver

Phoronix - Thu, 04/13/2023 - 01:00
With Linux 6.3 there is the new AMD P-State EPP driver code for supporting the ACPI Energy Performance Preference (EPP) to further enhance the power efficiency and performance of modern AMD systems on Linux. Last week I ran some benchmarks of AMD EPYC with the new AMD P-State EPP mode while in today's article is a look at the laptop impact with Ryzen Mobile when comparing ACPI CPUFreq, the existing AMD P-State driver, and the new AMD P-State EPP mode and its multiple different preferences.

NVIDIA RTX-Remix 0.1 Released For Adding Path Tracing To Classic Games

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 22:30
In addition to releasing the GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card today (unfortunately, no launch day Linux review, still waiting on hardware...), NVIDIA has released as open-source the RTX Remix software for helping to add path tracing support to classic games...

Arm Opens Up To Using Intel's 18A Process For Leading-Edge SoCs

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 21:53
Intel Foundry Services (IFS) has racked up a big win today with Arm over enabling chip designers to make use of Intel's upcoming 18A process for low-power Arm SoCs...

Mesa 23.1 RadeonSI Enables Rusticl OpenCL Support

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 19:02
If Mesa 23.1 couldn't get anymore exciting with RADV GPL support enabled by default, more RDNA3 optimizations, continued Zink optimizations, more Intel DG2/Alchemist enhancements, and a load of other features... Support for RadeonSI with the Rusticl Rust-written OpenCL driver has been merged!..

10 Years Later, Linux Getting A Touchscreen Driver For A Once Popular Tablet

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 18:37
The mainline Linux 6.4 kernel is set to see a new touchscreen driver for supporting the Novatek NVT-ts, which is used by at least a once popular Intel Atom powered Android tablet from a decade prior...

KDE Connect 2.0 Planning For Big Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 04/12/2023 - 18:21
KDE Connect is the great software that allows for interfacing between the KDE desktop and your various mobile devices running Android, Plasma Mobile, Apple iOS, or even Sailfish OS. KDE Connect allows easily sharing files and data with your mobile device(s), receiving phone notifications on your desktop, and a lot of other remote/cross-device functionality. The KDE Connect 2.0 initiative that is taking shape this year thanks to full-time development work is going to modernize this open-source solution...

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