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Optimize runtime performance with C++'s move semantics

opensource.com - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 15:00

If you are allowed to choose which programming language to use for an application, you usually pick one you know and that offers the shortest path to your goal. If you require a high runtime speed, programming languages that compile directly to machine code— like C++—are your best option.


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Creative SoundBlaster AE-7 Sound Card To Be Supported By Linux 5.10

Phoronix - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 14:02
Creative Labs last year released the high-end SoundBlaster AE-7 sound card. Sadly the company is back in their state where they do not provide official Linux support, but coming up for Linux 5.10 is the support for this sound card thanks to Connor McAdams who has worked on supporting prior SoundBlaster hardware under Linux...

Intel mOS, Cachy, Mozilla Layoffs Were The Open-Source Buzz Of August

Phoronix - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 12:05
August was an interesting month in terms of Linux/open-source activity though still another tough month during the coronavirus pandemic...

Intel Still Working To Tune Linux Power Efficiency For CPU Power-Sharing Scenarios

Phoronix - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 08:36
Going back to earlier this year has been work on an "adaptive" mode for P-State to improve GPU bound efficiency when the CPU is forced to share a power/thermal budget with other components like onboard graphics. That work is still advancing and an update was provided on it last week...

LLVM Merges Machine Function Splitter For ~32% Reduction In TLB Misses

Phoronix - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 05:29
At the beginning of August we reported on Google engineers proposing the Machine Function Splitter to LLVM as a means of making binaries up to a few percent faster thanks to this code generation optimization pass for splitting code functions into hot and cold portions. That work has now been merged into LLVM 12.0 with very promising results...

Many Linux Developers Are Ecstatic Over Fedora On Lenovo Systems

Phoronix - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 04:22
As noted this weekend, Lenovo has begun offering Fedora pre-loaded on their systems beginning with the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 8 laptop. Red Hat's Christian Schaller who serves as the senior manager for desktop chimed in with some additional thoughts and details on this achievement...

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