Open-source News

Google Makes Public Their Open-Source PSP Security Protocol

Phoronix - Fri, 05/20/2022 - 01:40
Hearing "open-source", "PSP", and "security" all together got me excited with my initial reaction thinking it was about AMD's Platform Security Processor (PSP) albeit that's not the case here. Google's PSP announced today is the "PSP Security Protocol" and is designed for dealing with cryptographic hardware offloading at data center scale and used by Google already in production...

Upgraded Linux-Friendly Framework Laptop Shifts To Intel 12th Gen "Alder Lake"

Phoronix - Fri, 05/20/2022 - 01:24
The Framework Laptop is a modular laptop design that launched a year ago and is designed to be upgrade-friendly and allows users for switching out lots of components from different ports to the motherboard itself. And the laptop is Linux-friendly -- see my Framework Laptop review from last year. For new systems or those wishing to upgrade their laptop's motherboard, Intel Core 12th Gen "Alder Lake" is now available...

Intel Announces SYCLomatic For Open-Source Conversion Of CUDA Code To C++ SYCL

Phoronix - Thu, 05/19/2022 - 22:00
Intel today has lifted the embargo on SYCLomatic, their new open-source tool to help migrate code-bases targeting NVIDIA's CUDA so they can be re-purposed to target C++ and SYCL -- thereby being able to leverage Intel's graphics processors and jiving with their oneAPI goals...

KDE Plasma 5.25 Beta Released With Many Improvements, Wayland Support Maturing

Phoronix - Thu, 05/19/2022 - 21:30
The KDE development community today announced the release of the Plasma 5.25 beta...

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