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Microsoft Open Sources OpenHCL, a Linux-Based ‘Paravisor’  The New Stack

NVIDIA engineers have sent out an exciting set of Linux kernel patches for enabling NVIDIA vGPU software support for virtual GPU support among multiple virtual machines (VMs). In aiming for upstream-focused Linux support, this NVIDIA vGPU support is built around the adapted Nouveau driver with the code previously posted for splitting up the Nouveau/NVKM driver components...

NVIDIA Publishes Open-Source Linux Driver Code For GPU Virtualization "vGPU" Support  Phoronix

Hacking wizard gets Linux to run on a 1971 processor, though it takes almost 5 days to boot the kernel  PC Gamer

With the Intel Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" launch today the review embargo has now expired. I began with my Intel Granite Rapids Linux benchmarking a few days ago and have initial benchmarks to share for the flagship Xeon 6980P processors paired with MRDIMM 8800MT/s memory. This is just the beginning of a lot of Granite Rapids benchmarks to come on Phoronix. Compared to the existing AMD EPYC competition and prior generation Intel Xeon processors, the Xeon 6900P series performance surpassed my expectations and has debuted as an incredibly strong performer. In some areas of HPC and other workloads, Intel is able to regain leadership performance with Granite Rapids paired with MRDIMMs. In AI workloads where the software is optimized for AMX, the new Xeon 6900P CPUs can showcase staggering leads.

Building off the launch earlier this year of the first Xeon 6 processors with the Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" processors, today Intel is lifting the wraps on the much anticipated Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" processors. Where as Sierra Forest is optimized for power efficiency and core density, the Intel Xeon 6 P-core processors are optimized for per-core performance and have shown some very strong generational uplift -- and against the AMD competition -- as we'll show today in the first Xeon 6980P Linux benchmarks.

Intel Gaudi 3 Linux Driver Support Expected Next Month  Phoronix

Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

Intel used their Enterprise Tech Tour last week in Oregon to not only provide insight into the new Xeon 6900 "Granite Rapids" server processors (and Xeon 6980P benchmarks) but also to shed more light on their Gaudi 3 AI inference accelerator. The question I was most curious about with Gaudi 3: where's the Linux driver support?..

Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2 review: Using Linux instead of messing with it  Ars Technica

SK hynix Brings CXL Optimization Software HMSDK to Linux for Enhanced AI Memory Performance  HPCwire

SK hynix Announces CXL SDK Available on Linux  insideHPC

11 Science and Math Apps for Linux to Master Your Classes With  How-To Geek

Merged as part of the memory management "MM" changes for the Linux 6.12 kernel is a kernel stack usage histogram to help developers in better optimizing the kernel stack sizes and minimizing memory waste...

Linux 6.12 Adds A Kernel Stack Usage Histogram To Help With Optimizations  Phoronix

LXQt 2.1 Promises Experimental Wayland Session, Styling Improvements  9to5Linux

SIOS Technology Releases LifeKeeper for Linux Version  GlobeNewswire

Print2Block, makers of DocChain.io, Joins as a Founding member in the Linux Foundation's Launch of Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust with 17 Major Projects  CXOToday.com

Going along with other early Linux kernel driver additions for enabling Panther Lake, the intel-lpss driver in Linux 6.12 has made its device ID additions for supporting Panther Lake H and Panther Lake P processors...

Intel LPSS Driver Adds Panther Lake Support In Linux 6.12  Phoronix