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FSF Calls Software Patents A Disease Amid COVID-19 Crisis, USPTO A Super-Spreader

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 07:41
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has renewed their attacks against the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and software patents in general, this time in relation to the COVID-19 / coronavirus crisis...

Apple Confirms Their Future Desktops + Laptops Will Use In-House CPUs

Phoronix - Tue, 06/23/2020 - 02:53
Apple finally confirmed the log-running rumor that their future laptops and desktop computers will be using in-house silicon with their custom designed Arm-based chips...

55th TOP500 Supercomputer List Topped By Arm-Based Fujitsu A64FX

Phoronix - Mon, 06/22/2020 - 23:57
The newest TOP500 supercomputer list was published today. The newest TOP500 list includes more positions for AMD EPYC supercomputers but to some surprise the Arm-based Fujitsu A64FX-powered supercomputer has topped the list...

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