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Rust 1.89 Released With More AVX-512 Intrinsics & x86 Target Features

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 20:28
Rust 1.89 is out today as the newest update to this popular programming language implementation prided by its memory safety features and more...

Flang-Tidy Cleaning/Correcting Fortran Code In "Sort Of Opinionated Fashion"

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 18:53
Similar to Clang-Tidy for tidying up C/C++ code using LLVM/Clang components, Flang-Tidy is in development as a tool for Fortran static analysis built upon LLVM's modern Flang compiler code. Flang-Tidy may be upstreamed in the future to LLVM while for now it's developed by TU Munich and Max Planck Computing...

Linux 6.17 Will Correctly Map By Default F13 To F24 Keys On PS/2 Keyboards

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 18:25
It has taken until 2025 for the AT/PS2 keyboard driver to map F13 through F24 function keys by default. But that day has come and the support was merged today as part of the input driver changes for the Linux 6.17 kernel...

Intel Phasing Out 16x MSAA Support - Being Disabled With Xe3 Graphics

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 18:07
Intel is phasing out 16x multi-sample anti-aliasing (MSAA) with modern upscaling tech like XeSS / FSR / DLSS being superior and more performant plus there being alternative anti-aliasing techniques. Upcoming Xe3 graphics are seeing 16x MSAA support retroactively disabled as the Intel graphics driver moves away from this highest-level MSAA sampling count...

Linux 6.17 SoundWire Support Extended To Upcoming AMD ACP 7.2 Hardware

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 18:00
The Linux 6.17 sound subsystem code last week introduced support for AMD ACP 7.2 as the next version of AMD's Audio Co-Processor IP. This appears to be for yet-to-be-released hardware and now over in the SoundWire subsystem is similar enablement work landing for AMD ACP 7.2...

PyTorch 2.8 Released With Better Intel CPU Performance For LLM Inference

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:50
PyTorch 2.8 released today as the newest feature update to this widely-used machine learning library that has become a crucial piece for deep learning and other AI usage. There are a few interesting changes worth highlighting with the new PyTorch 2.8 release...

Linux 6.17 KVM Additions Include Intel LKGS From FRED, Smarter AMD SEV Cache Flushing

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:30
The KVM feature changes were merged a few days ago with all of their enhancements for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel. Some nice improvements made it this cycle for enhancing the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Getting to know Navtez Singh Bal, Vice President & General Manager, India and South Asia

Red Hat News - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:00
We’re delighted to welcome Navtez Singh Bal to Red Hat as a general manager for Red Hat India and South Asia region. In his new role, Navtez will be responsible for Red Hat’s business operations in a dynamic region with accelerated growth. Navtez brings over 25 years of broad industry experience, a proven track record of leading transformative strategies, and a deep commitment to delivering customer success. Prior to joining Red Hat, Navtez held several leadership roles, including chief operating officer for India at Microsoft, senior partner at McKinsey India, and vice president and gener

Windows Subsystem For Linux "WSL" Updated For A Yet-To-Be-Public Security Vulnerability

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 06:58
Microsoft today released an updated version of Windows Subsystem for Linux "WSL" that allows running Linux binaries atop Windows 11. There is only one change noted and it's for a yet-to-be-public security vulnerability...

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