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Intel Compute Runtime 25.13.33276.16 Brings New Performance Tweaks, More Xe3 Bits

Phoronix - Fri, 04/18/2025 - 18:20
Following this week's updated Intel Graphics Compiler release, a new version of the Intel Compute Runtime was also published in providing OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero GPU compute support on Windows and Linux systems...

Intel SST-TF Prepares For Future CPUs With More Cores

Phoronix - Fri, 04/18/2025 - 18:07
Patches for Linux posted on Thursday by Intel prepare for a new version of Speed Select Technology Turbo Frequency (SST-TF) handling for future processors with more cores...

How to Find a Process Name Using PID Number in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 04/18/2025 - 14:00
The post How to Find a Process Name Using PID Number in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, we will look at how to find a process name by its process identification number (PID). Before

The post How to Find a Process Name Using PID Number in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Open-Source RADV Driver Begins Working To Improve AMD RDNA4 Ray-Tracing Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 04/18/2025 - 08:30
While the Radeon RX 9070 series as the first of the AMD RDNA4 graphics cards do perform well on Linux, the one area the performance has been less enticing remains with Vulkan ray-tracing while using the Mesa RADV driver. For example, AMDVLK vs. RADV on the RX 9070 series shows the Mesa driver struggling with ray-tracing compared to the official AMD driver. But the good news is there's a concerted effort now to improve the AMD RDNA4 ray-tracing performance with RADV...

Linux 6.15 Extending Thermal Control Support To More Alienware & Dell Systems

Phoronix - Fri, 04/18/2025 - 04:07
Upstreamed to the Linux kernel last year was the alienware-wmi-wmax driver for enabling thermal control support on various Alienware and Dell G-Series systems. Being merged today as a "fix" for Linux 6.15 is extending that thermal control support to a number of additional Dell/Alienware systems...

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