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AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Linux Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 21:30
Earlier this month the AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 7 5700G desktop APUs officially launched for retail availability. Unfortunately we were not seeded with any review sample for being able to conduct Linux testing on these Zen 3 APUs with Vega graphics, but ended up purchasing one afterwards due to the number of readers inquiring about the Linux support. Here are some preliminary benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G.

Linux 5.14 Features Aplenty With New AMD GPUs, SmartShift, More Alder Lake, Core Scheduling

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 21:18
Today marks the 30th birthday of Linux since it was announced by Linus Torvalds. Meanwhile in just a few days the Linux 5.14 kernel is expected to be released as stable. Here is a look back at the most prominent features coming for this kernel release...

AMD Posts Latest Linux Patches For Supporting The Frontier Supercomputer

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 18:10
AMD engineers continue working on preparing the Linux kernel for the Frontier supercomputer...

Loongson Continues Working On LoongArch For Linux, But It's Mostly Copying MIPS Code

Phoronix - Wed, 08/25/2021 - 17:48
Loongson this summer rolled out their 3A5000 processors built on their own "LoongArch" ISA. While the company continues claiming that LoongArch is "not MIPS", the Linux kernel code they continue proposing for the mainline Linux kernel points to it being a close facsimile to MIPS...

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