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Intel Architecture Day 2021 & The Linux State

Phoronix - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 21:00
Intel this week hosted a virtual Architecture Day where they talked up their latest efforts from Alder Lake and Sapphire Rapids to their next-generation discrete graphics capabilities as well as other new offerings around IPUs and more. Here are the highlights from Intel Architecture Day 2021 and with a particular focus from our Linux angle.

Canonical + DFI Pair Up For An "Industrial Pi" Powered By AMD & Ubuntu

Phoronix - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 19:55
Many will recall DFI motherboards from close to two decades ago for their wildly colored "LANParty" motherboards but in recent years the company has been focusing on IoT and industrial hardware where, of course, Linux has much relevance. DFI and Canonical today announced an AMD-powered Ubuntu-loaded "industrial Pi" single board computer...

LibreOffice 7.2 Community Released For This Leading Open-Source Office Suite

Phoronix - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 19:00
LibreOffice 7.2 Community is out today as the newest version of this widely-used, open-source, cross-platform office suite...

AMD To Optimize C3 Entry On Linux By Finally Skipping The Cache Flush

Phoronix - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 18:00
A minor optimization was posted by an AMD engineer on Wednesday for the Linux kernel...

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