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Valkey 9.0-rc1 Taps AVX-512 For String-To-Integer Conversion For ~19% Gain

Phoronix - Fri, 08/15/2025 - 04:46
The open-source Valkey key-value database that is forked from Redis is preparing for the big Valkey 9.0 feature release. Valkey 9.0-rc1 was issued today and comes with some exciting performance optimizations and other enhancements for this in-memory KV database...

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...

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