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Corsair 2 x 24GB DDR5-7000 Memory Linux Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 20:50
Corsair recently launched their line-up of 2 x 24GB DDR5 memory kits. With recent DDR5 memory prices falling, for as little as $215 USD it's now possible to obtain 48GB of DDR5-7000 RAM. With this being my first time testing a non-binary DDR5 memory kit, here is an initial look at the Corsair CMK48GX5M2B7000C40 compatibility and performance under Linux.

Rusticl With RadeonSI Driver Nearing OpenCL Conformance

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 20:00
While the upcoming Mesa 23.1 stable release enables RadeonSI build support for Rusticl and is working out overall, the RadeonSI driver with this Rust-written OpenCL driver is nearing the point of officially passing OpenCL conformance...

Intel's Game Plan For Getting The Xe Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Upstreamed

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 18:40
For more than one year Intel's been working on developing the Xe Linux kernel graphics driver as a modern Direct Rendering Manager driver for Gen12 and newer integrated/discrete graphics. For recent hardware this is to replace the existing i915 kernel driver usage. The Intel open-source developers continue working toward the milestone of being able to submit this driver for mainlining in the upstream Linux kernel...

Valve Lands Another Radeon Vulkan Performance Optimization For An "Upcoming Game"

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 18:12
Yesterday just hours after writing about a RADV optimization by Valve for an "upcoming game" to nearly match the performance they see under Windows, another performance improvement for an "upcoming game" has been merged...

SLOB Removal Submitted Ahead Of The Linux 6.4 Kernel Cycle

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 18:00
With the Linux 6.3 kernel likely being released as stable on Sunday, pull requests have already begun to be submitted of feature code for the Linux 6.4 merge window...

FreeBSD Has A Great Start To 2023 With Numerous Accomplishments

Phoronix - Fri, 04/21/2023 - 17:56
This week the FreeBSD project published their Q1-2023 status report that outlines various technical and organization accomplishments made for the past quarter...

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