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AMD Rembrandt: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 21:12
Yesterday I delivered my initial arsenal of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U Linux benchmarks against various other AMD Ryzen and Intel Core notebooks. That ongoing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is happening from a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 AMD notebook and this new "Rembrandt" device continues looking good under Linux. But prior to installing Linux, I did run some benchmarks of Lenovo's Windows 11 Pro on there for seeing how the Linux vs. Windows performance is looking for this Zen 3+ SoC.

AMD Rembrandt: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 21:12
Yesterday I delivered my initial arsenal of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U Linux benchmarks against various other AMD Ryzen and Intel Core notebooks. That ongoing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is happening from a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 AMD notebook and this new "Rembrandt" device continues looking good under Linux. But prior to installing Linux, I did run some benchmarks of Lenovo's Windows 11 Pro on there for seeing how the Linux vs. Windows performance is looking for this Zen 3+ SoC.

Fwupd 1.8.3 Released With Support For More Startech & Elan Devices

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:17
Just shy of two weeks since fwupd 1.8.2 was released with supporting more hardware for system and peripheral firmware updating under Linux, Fwupd 1.8.3 has now arrived as the newest version...

Fwupd 1.8.3 Released With Support For More Startech & Elan Devices

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:17
Just shy of two weeks since fwupd 1.8.2 was released with supporting more hardware for system and peripheral firmware updating under Linux, Fwupd 1.8.3 has now arrived as the newest version...

Toshiba Looks To Upstream DNN Image Processing Accelerator Driver For Their Visconti SoC

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:00
Toshiba's Visconti SoC provides an optimized image recognition processor and geared for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) solutions for automobiles and similar modern use-cases. Toshiba engineers are now publishing patches for their DNN image processing accelerator driver with hopes of getting the code upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel...

Toshiba Looks To Upstream DNN Image Processing Accelerator Driver For Their Visconti SoC

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:00
Toshiba's Visconti SoC provides an optimized image recognition processor and geared for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) solutions for automobiles and similar modern use-cases. Toshiba engineers are now publishing patches for their DNN image processing accelerator driver with hopes of getting the code upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel...

Microsoft Extends Mesa's D3D12 Video Acceleration To Support Video Engine Based Effects

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 17:42
Since last year Microsoft has been working on Direct3D 12 video acceleration for Mesa so that Windows Subsystem for Linux can run common applications targeting the VA-API video acceleration API and ultimately enjoy GPU-based video acceleration by way of Direct3D 12. After the initial video encode/decode support for D3D12 was merged to Mesa earlier this year, the latest Microsoft contribution is now handling of video engine based effects...

Microsoft Extends Mesa's D3D12 Video Acceleration To Support Video Engine Based Effects

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 17:42
Since last year Microsoft has been working on Direct3D 12 video acceleration for Mesa so that Windows Subsystem for Linux can run common applications targeting the VA-API video acceleration API and ultimately enjoy GPU-based video acceleration by way of Direct3D 12. After the initial video encode/decode support for D3D12 was merged to Mesa earlier this year, the latest Microsoft contribution is now handling of video engine based effects...

AMD ROCm 5.2.1 Released For The Open-Source Radeon GPU Compute Stack

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 17:17
Released last month was AMD ROCm 5.2 for the company's open-source Linux GPU compute stack while out today is the v5.2.1 point release...

AMD ROCm 5.2.1 Released For The Open-Source Radeon GPU Compute Stack

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 17:17
Released last month was AMD ROCm 5.2 for the company's open-source Linux GPU compute stack while out today is the v5.2.1 point release...

Arm Releases ASTC Encoder 4.0 With Even Faster Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 16:43
When it comes to compressing textures using the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) format that is supported by the OpenGL / OpenGL ES / Vulkan APIs, Arm's ASTC Encoder has long reigned supreme. Out today is ASTC-Encoder 4.0 as the latest performance-boosting update to this open-source compressor...

Arm Releases ASTC Encoder 4.0 With Even Faster Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 07/22/2022 - 16:43
When it comes to compressing textures using the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression (ASTC) format that is supported by the OpenGL / OpenGL ES / Vulkan APIs, Arm's ASTC Encoder has long reigned supreme. Out today is ASTC-Encoder 4.0 as the latest performance-boosting update to this open-source compressor...

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