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Researchers Make More Discoveries Around L1TF/Foreshadow - It's Not Good

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 09:12
Security researchers from Graz University of Technology and CISPA Helmholtz are out with their latest findings on CPU speculative execution vulnerabilities, namely taking another look at L1TF/Foreshadow. Their findings are bad news not only for Intel but potentially other CPU vendors as well...

USB Cleans Up Its Terminology, Continued USB4 Work For Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 08:52
The USB and Thunderbolt subsystem changes have already been merged into the in-development Linux 5.9 kernel...

NVIDIA Releases Their Previously Announced HPC SDK

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 06:20
Earlier this year at GTC Digital was the announcement of the NVIDIA High Performance Computing Software Development Kit while this week they have finally released this HPC SDK for developers at large...

Mesa 20.2 Development Ends After Many New Features Land

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 04:09
Feature work on Mesa 20.2 is now over with the code having been branched today and Mesa 20.2-RC1 subsequently issued...

Open-Source GPU Driver Updates Sent In For Linux 5.9 From Sienna Cichlid To Rocket Lake

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 03:31
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver updates were sent in today for the Linux 5.9 kernel merge window. There are some big additions particularly with AMD Sienna Cichlid and Navy Flounder landing as Navi 2 parts but also a lot of other changes in tow...

Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Released With The Latest Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 08/07/2020 - 02:59
For those that prefer waiting until the first point release of a new Ubuntu Long Term Support series before upgrading, Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS is out with the latest bug and security fixes for the "Focal Fossa" release...

Fedora IoT Looks For Promotion To Becoming Official Spin

Phoronix - Thu, 08/06/2020 - 22:31
Fedora's less talked about "Internet of Things" (IoT) edition is looking to be promoted to an official spin for Fedora 33...

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