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Linux 5.8-rc5 Released As A Big Kernel For This Late In The Cycle

Phoronix - Mon, 07/13/2020 - 08:45
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.8-rc5 and he is not particularly enthusiastic about its size with this being the largest RC5 release candidate of any of the Linux 5.x series...

Intel AMX Support Lands In The GNU Assembler

Phoronix - Sun, 07/12/2020 - 21:14
Intel's open-source compiler engineers have been quite timely in getting the Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) support out in the relevant components since Intel formally outlined AMX in last month's programming reference manual...

Intel DG1 Graphics Card Bring-Up On Linux Continues - Latest Bits For Local Memory

Phoronix - Sun, 07/12/2020 - 20:38
Recently there have been a lot of open-source Linux patches flowing concerning Intel's bring-up of their DG1 discrete graphics card for developers. That work continued this week with the latest patches in wiring up LMEM support...

Fedora Approves Of Making Nano The Default Terminal Text Editor, Other Features Accepted

Phoronix - Sun, 07/12/2020 - 19:04
At this week's Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) meeting, more features were approved for the Fedora 33 release due out this fall...

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