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Intel Posts Early Linux Enablement Patches For Ponte Vecchio

Phoronix - Tue, 05/03/2022 - 02:00
When it comes to Intel's "i915" DRM kernel driver much of the work lately by the company's open-source engineers have been focused on DG2/Alchemist for Arc Graphics products. There has been some occasional DRM kernel driver patches mentioning their HPC work and Ponte Vecchio "PVC" preparations while sent out today was the first set of patches actually introducing Ponte Vecchio to this kernel driver...

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Continues Showing Much Potential For 3D V-Cache In Technical Computing

Phoronix - Mon, 05/02/2022 - 22:00
As a follow-up to last week's AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Linux review, here are some additional Linux benchmarks of this first AMD Ryzen CPU with 3D V-Cache.

VESA Launches Compliance Test Specification For AdaptiveSync, MediaSync Displays

Phoronix - Mon, 05/02/2022 - 21:30
VESA this morning announced an open standard and certification program around variable refresh rate (VRR) performance for AdaptiveSync displays for gaming and also around MediaSync for media playback performance...

New AMD HSMP Driver Features Prepared Ahead Of Zen 4 EPYC

Phoronix - Mon, 05/02/2022 - 17:43
Merged in Linux 5.18 is the AMD HSMP driver for enabling the "Host System Management Port" usage under Linux as an interface for enabling additional system management functionality on AMD EPYC 7003 servers. For Linux 5.19 this AMD HSMP driver is set to be extended with additional features coming with next-generation AMD EPYC servers...

TDE R14.0.12 Released For Pushing The KDE 3.5 Experience In 2022

Phoronix - Mon, 05/02/2022 - 17:27
The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) on Sunday released version 14.0.12 as the newest version of this open-source, cross-platform desktop that started out as a fork of KDE 3.5 from a decade ago and continues seeing advancements from its small but dedicated developer crew...

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