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Meteor Lake EPP Tuning For Greater Performance Or Power Efficiency With Intel Ultra Core 7

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 23:00
With all of my initial Intel Core Ultra 7 155H benchmarking since last week from the Windows 11 vs. Linux performance to the integrated Intel Arc Graphics performance it was at the Linux 6.7 kernel defaults / OS defaults. But for those wanting to push the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H further for better performance or conversely wanting to extend the battery life further for devices like the Acer Swift Go 14 laptop, the Intel P-State Energy Performance Preference (EPP) can be adjusted. Here's a look at the sometimes significant difference to power and performance when adjusting the Intel Meteor Lake CPU between the default balanced performance mode and the alternative power saver and performance modes.

AMD PMC Linux Driver Being Updated For Zen 5 CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 19:44
One of the big milestones we are looking forward to in 2024 is the introduction of AMD Zen 5 processors. AMD Linux engineers have in recent months begun getting ready for those next-generation processors that look like will be Family 26 (1Ah) processors. We've been seeing more of the AMD "1Ah" patches and some more were posted today for some post-Christmas excitement before the new year...

More CXL Feature Code Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 18:47
Intel Linux engineers continue eagerly working on the Compute Express Link (CXL) code for the Linux kernel with more server hardware coming to market supporting this high-speed open standard for CPU-to-device and CPU-to-memory connections...

AMD PMF Policy Binary Support Queued For Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 18:34
As part of AMD's Platform Management Framework (PMF) and working on new Ryzen features like the Smart PC Solutions Builder, a set of patches are queued up ahead of the Linux 6.8 kernel cycle support for policy binary support with the PMF driver...

KDE KWin Merge Request Opened For Dynamic Triple Buffering

Phoronix - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 18:07
Similar to the long-worked-on GNOME dynamic triple buffering that is applied when the (most commonly integrated) graphics fall behind schedule in rendering the desktop, a merge request for KDE's KWin compositor has also seen similar work in this area for helping the iGPU catch-up in rendering via a "triple buffering" implementation...

How to Find a Hard Disk Serial Number in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 12/26/2023 - 14:13
The post How to Find a Hard Disk Serial Number in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

When managing your Linux system, it’s crucial to keep track of your hard disk or storage devices, and one key piece of information is the

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Doxygen 1.10 Documentation Generator Released With Many Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 12/25/2023 - 22:12
Another open-source project celebrating Christmas Day with a new feature release is Doxygen, the open-source documentation generator and static analysis tool that is widely used by many different open-source projects and supported by numerous programming languages for generating code documentation...

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