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Ubuntu 25.10 Continues Preparing For RISC-V RVA23 Baseline Requirement

Phoronix - Fri, 08/15/2025 - 03:21
Canonical is pursuing a rather ambitious baseline of Ubuntu 25.10 RISC-V too require the RVA23 profile that will leave most existing RISC-V developer boards to using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 25.04. They continue to pursue this RISC-V baseline and with more of the necessary alterations for it being prepped for landing into the Ubuntu 25.10 archive...

VirtualBox 7.2 Released With Windows 11 ARM Support, Linux 6.16 Compatibility

Phoronix - Fri, 08/15/2025 - 00:50
Oracle today released VirtualBox 7.2 as the newest version of this cross-platform virtualization solution...

AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX Performance With TRX50 + Quad Channel DDR5

Phoronix - Thu, 08/14/2025 - 21:00
The newly-launched AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series headlined by the 64-core Threadripper 9980X and 32-core Threadripper 9970X offer incredible performance and a wonderful addition to the Zen 5 family for the HEDT space. But there is also the Threadripper PRO 9000 series with the flagship Threadripper PRO 9995WX sporting 96 cores. In this article is a look at how that 96-core AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX performs using a TRX50 platform with quad channel DDR5-6400 memory.

Intel's Habana Labs / Gaudi Accelerator Driver Maintainer Is Leaving The Company

Phoronix - Thu, 08/14/2025 - 20:20
One of the latest departures from Intel amid their ongoing restructuring is the official maintainer of the "habanalabs" accelerator Linux kernel driver that provides support for their range of Gaudi AI accelerator products...

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