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AMD DCN 4.2 IP, GFX 12.1 Updates For AMDGPU Driver In Linux 7.1 Plus GCN 1.1 APU DC

Phoronix - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 22:51
AMD has begun staging AMDGPU and AMDKFD kernel driver improvements for the upcoming Linux 7.1 cycle...

Linux 7.1 To Prevent Intel NPUs From Being Exhausted By Single Programs

Phoronix - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 21:19
The Intel IVPU accelerator driver will be introducing limits on Intel NPU resource usage by non-root user-space programs beginning with the Linux 7.1 kernel...

AMD HSMP Linux Driver Preps For Zen 6 EPYC With Finer Power Controls

Phoronix - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 19:25
The AMD Host System Management Port (HSMP) Linux driver that provides access to various system management features on modern EPYC server processors is preparing for the upcoming EPYC Zen 6 "Venice" processors...

Intel GMA500 "Poulsbo" Driver Still Seeing New Open-Source Activity In 2026

Phoronix - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 19:16
Approaching twenty years after Intel's Poulsbo platform began giving Linux users nightmares due to its Imagination PowerVR SGX graphics IP that blocked open-source 3D driver support, the GMA500 driver that ended up coming about to provide open-source display support at least is still seeing occasional upstream activity for the Linux kernel...

libavif 1.4 Released For Advancing AVIF Image Support

Phoronix - Thu, 03/05/2026 - 18:44
The Alliance For Open Media on Wednesday released libavif 1.4, the latest version of this reference library for encoding and decoding AV1 Image File Format (AVIF) content...

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