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GCC 12 Lands Support For -march=armv9-a

Phoronix - Tue, 11/09/2021 - 19:50
As of this morning the GCC 12 compiler has landed support for -march=armv9-a for targeting the forthcoming Armv9-A ISA...

Ncurses 6.3 Released With Experimental Windows Terminal Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 11/09/2021 - 18:55
A new version of the Ncurses text-based user interface library is now available and most notable is a new but experimental driver for supporting the Windows Terminal...

Linux 5.16 Has Early Preparations For Supporting FGKASLR

Phoronix - Tue, 11/09/2021 - 18:36
Being worked on for more than a year by Intel and other kernel developers has been FGKASLR to enhance kernel security. While the Linux kernel has long supported Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) to make memory addresses less predictable, FGKASLR ups the security much more by placing that randomization at the function level. It's looking like FGKASLR could be mainlined soon...

NVIDIA Introduces OptiX 7.4 With Better Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 11/09/2021 - 18:28
NVIDIA used their GTC event today to announce OptiX 7.4 as the latest version of their ray-tracing engine/framework for use with their GPUs...

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