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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 With Framework Desktop vs. Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Linux Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 21:33
Last week alongside our Framework Desktop review with the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 "Strix Halo" SoC I posted benchmarks of the Strix Halo performance compared to the Ryzen 9 9950X / 9950X3D socketed desktop processors. For those wondering similarly how the top-end Strix Halo SoC in the Framework Desktop competes with the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" flagship in performance and power efficiency, here are those comparison benchmarks.

Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 Released With Completed 64-bit Support, Rust Ported

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 21:25
Following this weekend's release of Debian 13.0 "Trixie", Debian GNU/Hurd 2025 has been released as the state of Trixie while running atop Hurd rather than Linux...

NVIDIA 580.76.05 Linux Driver Updates EGL Bits, Adds New MetaMode Attribute

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 20:51
Following the NVIDIA 580 Linux beta driver from just one week ago, today NVIDIA issued a new R580 series Linux driver build...

ZLUDA Implements Kernel Cache Support To Help With Performance

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 20:10
ZLUDA as the open-source solution bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware has been seeing a nice uptick in activity the past several months for its latest take on life. The latest feature merged to ZLUDA is the all-important kernel cache to help with performance...

Itanium IA-64 Support May Revert Back To Being Deprecated/Obsolete For GCC 16

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 19:37
The GCC 14 compiler had marked the Itanium IA-64 code as being obsolete and slated for removal in GCC 15. But then last year the Itanium port was un-deprecated with plans to "support this for some years to come." Now one year later it's back to talking about deprecating/obsoleting the Itanium IA-64 compiler code in GCC...

Intel Adds Another Battlemage BMG-G21 PCI ID To Their Linux Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 18:35
Intel has introduced another new PCI device ID to their open-source Linux graphics driver stack for signifying another likely product on the way based on the Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU...

Fedora 43 Approved To Ship Hare Programming Language Support, Hardlinking Default

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 18:21
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) this week approved a number of additional features for the upcoming Fedora Linux 43 release...

Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Increases Wayland Compatibility, UI Enhancements

Phoronix - Tue, 08/12/2025 - 18:06
The beta release of Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" is now available for testing of this popular desktop Linux distribution built atop an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base...

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