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PyTorch 2.8 Released With Better Intel CPU Performance For LLM Inference

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:50
PyTorch 2.8 released today as the newest feature update to this widely-used machine learning library that has become a crucial piece for deep learning and other AI usage. There are a few interesting changes worth highlighting with the new PyTorch 2.8 release...

Linux 6.17 KVM Additions Include Intel LKGS From FRED, Smarter AMD SEV Cache Flushing

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:30
The KVM feature changes were merged a few days ago with all of their enhancements for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel. Some nice improvements made it this cycle for enhancing the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Getting to know Navtez Singh Bal, Vice President & General Manager, India and South Asia

Red Hat News - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:00
We’re delighted to welcome Navtez Singh Bal to Red Hat as a general manager for Red Hat India and South Asia region. In his new role, Navtez will be responsible for Red Hat’s business operations in a dynamic region with accelerated growth. Navtez brings over 25 years of broad industry experience, a proven track record of leading transformative strategies, and a deep commitment to delivering customer success. Prior to joining Red Hat, Navtez held several leadership roles, including chief operating officer for India at Microsoft, senior partner at McKinsey India, and vice president and gener

Windows Subsystem For Linux "WSL" Updated For A Yet-To-Be-Public Security Vulnerability

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 06:58
Microsoft today released an updated version of Windows Subsystem for Linux "WSL" that allows running Linux binaries atop Windows 11. There is only one change noted and it's for a yet-to-be-public security vulnerability...

Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Wassette" Using Rust + WebAssembly To Help AI Agents

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 04:44
Microsoft formally announced today its newest open-source project: Wassette. The Wassette is MIT-licensed and includes Linux and macOS support alongside Windows while being a Rust+WebAssembly-based project focused on securing AI agents...

Mesa 25.2 Released With Many Improvements For RADV, Intel & NVK Drivers

Phoronix - Thu, 08/07/2025 - 01:46
Mesa 25.2 is now available as the newest quarterly feature release for this set of open-source Linux graphics drivers predominantly for OpenGL, Vulkan, and video acceleration support on the Linux desktop...

Intel Xe Enabling SR-IOV PF By Default, Marking Driver As "Broken" For Non-4K Kernels

Phoronix - Wed, 08/06/2025 - 22:25
On top of all the Linux 6.17 kernel graphics driver feature changes that landed last week like promoting Panther Lake's Xe3 graphics to on-by-default, SR-IOV for Battlemage GPUs, multi-GPU preparations, Wildcat Lake enablement work, and more, some additional Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes were submitted today for merging to Linux 6.17 in the coming days...

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