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Intel Core i5 12400 "Alder Lake": A Great ~$200 CPU For Linux Users

Phoronix - Thu, 01/13/2022 - 04:30
Formally announced at CES, the Core i5 12400 and other Alder Lake non-K desktop CPUs are beginning to appear in retail channels. Last week I was able to buy an Intel Core i5 12400 "Alder Lake" from a major Internet retailer for $209 USD -- and one week later there remains availability during these turbulent supply chain times. The i5-12400 has wound up being a very nice processor for Linux use that exceeded my initial expectations.

Linux Serial Console Driver Lands Patch For Possible ~25% Performance Improvement

Phoronix - Thu, 01/13/2022 - 02:57
It's not an area of Linux hardware performance we normally look at, but thanks to a Red Hat engineer discovering very low serial console performance, there is an improvement queued up for introduction in Linux 5.17.....

Linux 5.17 Adds Support For "The First Usable, Low-Cost RISC-V Platform"

Phoronix - Wed, 01/12/2022 - 22:30
In addition to the prompt support for Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, another exciting milestone for the in-development Linux 5.17 kernel is introducing mainline support for the StarFive JH7100, which has been trying to make its debut as the first usable and low-cost RISC-V platform...

GCC 12 Shifting To Stage 4 Development - No Sign Of AMD Zen 4 Support

Phoronix - Wed, 01/12/2022 - 21:00
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) that serves as the default system compiler on most Linux distributions is nearing its annual update with GCC 12. GCC 12 has been in a general bug fixing period since November while beginning next week will be onto its final phase of focusing just on regression and documentation fixes to the compiler...

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