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Trying Out The AMD Developer Cloud For Evaluating Instinct + ROCm

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 22:32
Last week alongside announcing the AMD Instinct MI350X/MI355X and the ROCm 7.0 software preview, AMD also introduced the AMD Developer Cloud as a new means for developers to easy try out Instinct accelerators with their own software and with the ROCm compute stack already setup. Having tried out prior AMD cloud compute environments, as soon as my email invite for the AMD Developer Cloud arrived I decided to give it a try.

Rust Surveying Developers To Find Biggest Compiler Performance Issues

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 21:46
Rust developers acknowledge lengthy compiler times can be a significant issue that limits the productivity of developers working with this programming language. For helping in determining different combinations of issues around compiler performance, the Rust team has started a survey to collect more information on the issues...

Linux Sensor Monitoring Coming For The ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 20:55
For those interested in a high-end motherboard for AMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 series processors that is marketed for creators and equipped with high-end features, the ASUS ProArt X870E-CREATOR WIFI motherboard that retails for $500+ USD will soon see hardware monitoring support under Linux...

ReactOS Merges Better Support For Fullscreen Applications

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:32
ReactOS as the "open-source Windows" project providing an operating system with binary compatibility for Windows software and drivers can finally properly handle full-screen games/apps...

Uniwill Laptop Driver Proposed For Linux To Enable Additional Features

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:24
For those with a laptop from Taiwanese OEM/ODM manufacturer Uniwill, two new drivers are being proposed to enhance the mainline Linux kernel support for Uniwill laptops by enabling additional functionality to work under Linux...

FreeRDP 3.16 Released With Better SDL3 Client Support

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 18:14
FreeRDP 3.16 is out today as the newest update to this open-source Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) library and client implementation. This Apache-licensed project continues to be one of the leading implementations of the Microsoft RDP protocol for use outside the confines of Windows...

Intel Performance Counters Support Merged To Mesa For Panther Lake

Phoronix - Mon, 06/16/2025 - 17:52
The Intel Observation Architecture "OA" performance counters support has been upstreamed to Mesa for upcoming Xe3 Panther Lake integrated graphics...

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