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Linux 5.18 Looks Like It Will Finally Land Btrfs Encoded I/O

Phoronix - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 08:05
Btrfs file-system developers remain very busy on multiple fronts from performance and reliability enhancements to in-development Btrfs on-disk format changes. A notable item now on deck for integration in Linux 5.18 is Btrfs support for encoded I/O...

Linux Now Faster Than Windows 11 For Intel Core i9 12900K With Latest Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 02/11/2022 - 03:40
Back in November when Intel's 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors first launched I ran benchmarks across operating systems and found Windows 11 delivering better performance than Linux with the Core i9 12900K flagship processor. Fortunately, thanks to kernel improvements since Linux 5.16, that is largely no longer the case. Here is a fresh look at the i9-12900K performance under Ubuntu 22.04 daily with Linux 5.16 and 5.17-rc3 kernels tested as well and Clear Linux for Intel's very own reference Linux platform.

AMD Expected To Complete Its Acquisition Of Xilinx Next Week

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 21:15
AMD just announced that it has received approval from all necessary regulators to proceed with its acquisition of Xilinx...

Intel PECI Code To Be Mainlined With Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 21:00
Linux 5.18 is looking to be another very busy kernel cycle for Intel as in addition to Alder Lake N graphics, the Intel Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI), and integrating Software Defined Silicon (SDSi), Intel's PECI kernel code is finally being mainlined...

Radeon ROCm 5.0 Released With Some RDNA2 GPU Support

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 19:06
Overnight AMD quietly released ROCm 5.0 for improving the Radeon Open eCosystem. Most exciting with ROCm 5.0 is having some level of Navi 2x / RDNA2 GPU support!..

LoongArch CPU Support Begins Landing In LLVM

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 18:50
Hitting the LLVM 15.0 development tree this morning are the initial patches for China's LoongArch CPU architecture...

Radeon Software for Linux 21.50 Driver Prepared For Release

Phoronix - Thu, 02/10/2022 - 17:52
The Radeon Software for Linux packaged enterprise driver is preparing for its Q1'2022 update...

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