Open-source News

Intel AMX Support Appears Ready For Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Wed, 10/27/2021 - 02:00
It's been over one year since Intel disclosed Advanced Matrix Extensions and began posting patches for bringing up AMX support under Linux in anticipation of Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors. While the compiler-side work to GCC and LLVM/Clang has been landing, finally with the forthcoming Linux 5.16 cycle that AMX support appears ready for landing...

NVIDIA 495.44 Linux Driver Released With GBM Support

Phoronix - Tue, 10/26/2021 - 23:07
Following the NVIDIA 495 beta Linux driver from earlier this month, NVIDIA 495.44 is out today for Linux users as the stable release...

Intel Core i9 11900K: Five Linux Distros Show Sizable Lead Over Windows 11

Phoronix - Tue, 10/26/2021 - 21:09
Now that Windows 11 has been out as stable and the initial round of updates coming out, I've been running fresh Windows 11 vs. Linux benchmarks for seeing how Microsoft's latest operating system release compares to the fresh batch of Linux distributions. First up is the fresh look at the Windows 11 vs. Linux performance on an Intel Core i9 11900K Rocket Lake system.

Canonical Looking For Community Feedback As Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Development Begins

Phoronix - Tue, 10/26/2021 - 20:25
With Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" beginning development, Canonical is soliciting community feedback as they plot out more of the planned changes for this next major release and areas to focus on enhancing over the next six months...

Pages