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AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver Posted For Linux  Phoronix

AMD today quietly posted a new open-source Linux kernel driver for review... the AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver. This AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver for Linux is intended to help optimize performance on systems sporting 3D V-Cache such as the AMD Ryzen "X3D" parts and the EPYC "X" processors...

While Intel Xe2 graphics have just debuted with Lunar Lake and we are awaiting Battlemage discrete GPUs with Xe2, Intel's open-source Linux driver engineers have begun work enabling Xe3 graphics! Xe3 driver work is now underway for next-generation Intel graphics...

Intel Begins Working On Next-Gen Xe3 Graphics With Linux 6.13  Phoronix

For those making use of Restartable Sequences (RSEQ) on Linux systems, there is an enticing performance optimization on the way...

Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" Seeing Up To 16.7x Speedup With Newest Linux Patch  Phoronix

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Redox OS: A Rust-Based Open-Source Alternative to Linux And BSD  It's FOSS News

The Open 3D Engine as the open-source game engine developed under the Linux Foundation umbrella and began as an advanced version of the Amazon Lumberyard engine is out with a new feature release. Open 3D Engine "O3DE" 24.09 is out today with a variety of enhancements for this cross-platform game engine...

Open3D Engine "O3DE" 24.09 Released With Performance Improvements & More  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Adopts Open Model Initiative to Preserve Open-Source AI  RTInsights

Intel Itanium gets a new lease on life, sort of — GCC 15 "un-deprecates" Linux compiler support  Tom's Hardware

Intel Lunar Lake sees up to 20% performance boost in Linux vs. Windows with iGPU caveats  Notebookcheck.net

Linux beats Windows 11 on Intel Lunar Lake with up to 20% performance boost and serious caveats  Notebookcheck.net

Linux beats Windows 11 on Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs: up to 20% performance boost with serious caveats  Notebookcheck.net

While not a long-term support release, Ubuntu Server 24.10 is delivering an interesting proof-of-concept for supporting NVMe/TCP based installations...

Slipping under my radar until now was the Vulkan API 1.3.297 spec update released last week that introduces a new extension, VK_EXT_present_mode_fifo_latest_ready...

CIQ takes Rocky Linux corporate with $25K price tag  The Register