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CXL Block Device "CBD" Looking Very Promising For The Linux Kernel In 2025

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 19:38
Originally proposed for the Linux kernel nearly one year ago was CBD as the CXL Block Device. Now up to its third revision, the Linux CBD patches are calming down and the performance gains are looking quite nice...

OpenZFS 2.3-rc5 Released With Support For Cross-Compiling Kernel Modules

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 19:15
OpenZFS 2.3 continues working its way toward release with Monday having brought the fifth and potentially final release candidate...

NVIDIA Announces The GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" Series

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 11:24
The latest from a rather active CES 2025 is NVIDIA announcing the GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" series line-up...

AMD Announces Ryzen 9 9950X3D & Ryzen AI Max, Previews AMD RDNA 4 Graphics

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:45
AMD's CES 2025 keynote was used to announce a slew of new products. They are just announcements today without any immediate availability or any hardware reviews to publish, but a look ahead for what is on the horizon for AMD in the consumer space in 2025.

DisplayPort 2.1b Arriving This Spring With DP80LL Cables

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 03:12
In addition to the HDMI Forum announcing the HDMI 2.2 specification for release in the first half of this year, VESA also took to CES 2025 to announce their forthcoming DisplayPort 2.1b standard...

HDMI 2.2 Announced With 96 Gbps Bandwidth - Still With Restricted Licensing

Phoronix - Tue, 01/07/2025 - 02:10
The HDMI Forum used CES for today announcing the HDMI 2.2 specification that will be available to HDMI 2.x adopters in the first half of the calendar year...

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