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Intel Introduces Xeon Max & Data Center GPU Max Series

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 22:00
With SC2022 kicking off next week and AMD set to unveil their next-generation server processors tomorrow, Intel is using today to announce the Xeon Max Series and the Data Center GPU Max Series.

Microsoft .NET 7 Released With Better Linux Support, Improved Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 21:00
Microsoft on Tuesday released .NET 7 with improved Linux support, better performance, and many new features throughout this Microsoft platform stack...

LLVM/Clang 16 Adds Support For -mcpu=native & -mtune=native On RISC-V

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 19:47
For those working on RISC-V software development on bare metal hardware, the in-development LLVM Clang 16 compiler has added support for allowing "-mtune=native" and "-mcpu=native" to work properly on this CPU ISA...

NVIDIA Proposing New Linux API For Dynamic Mux Switching With Modern Dual-GPU Laptops

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 18:49
While the VGA_Switcheroo has long been part of the Linux kernel for laptops with hybrid (dual GPU) graphics for switching between the GPUs on platforms with a hardware mux switch, this current API has been found to be ineffective for the latest laptops like those with "NVIDIA Advanced Optimus" support. Thus NVIDIA is working on and proposing a new Linux user-space API around dynamic mux switching...

The Khronos Group Announces "Kamaros" As Their Newest Forthcoming API

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 18:18
The Khronos Group that is known as the standards body behind OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, SPIR-V, glTF, OpenXR, and other industry APIs announced that their next API will be called Kamaros...

Linux Developers Look At Dropping SLOB

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 18:01
Linux kernel developers are looking at deprecating and ultimately removing the SLOB memory allocator...

Fedora 38 To Modernize Its Live Media Creation

Phoronix - Wed, 11/09/2022 - 17:42
In addition to Fedora 38 looking at creating Phosh images for mobile devices, Fedora developers now have clearance to go ahead and overhaul how their Fedora Linux live images are assembled...

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