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PoCL 5.0 Released With Transparent OpenCL Over Networked Systems Capability

Phoronix - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 22:25
PoCL 5.0 has been officially released as the latest version of this "Portable Computing Language" implementation that provides OpenCL support for CPU-based execution as well as various other LLVM-based hardware back-ends like for NVIDIA PTX and oneAPI Level Zero. With PoCL 5.0 is also a new experimental back-end for targeting OpenCL support distributed across networked systems...

Vulkan 1.3.274 Released With Video Encode Extensions Promoted

Phoronix - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 20:00
As what's likely to be the last Vulkan API spec update before Christmas, Vulkan 1.3.274 was released today with the Vulkan Video encode extensions promoted as well as adding some other new extensions as a nice end-of-year gift...

The Mainline Linux Kernel To Finally Support The Google Tensor GS101 SoC & Pixel 6

Phoronix - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 19:29
The Google Tensor GS101 SoC launched in 2021 with the Google Pixel 6 smartphone. More than two years later the mainline Linux kernel is finally to see upstream support with the forthcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle...

Intel IAA Crypto Compression Driver To Be Merged For Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 19:11
Set to be merged for the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle is the IAA crypto compression driver for allowing users of the Linux kernel's compression API to make use of the Intel Analytics Accelerator (IAA) found with Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids Xeon server processors...

Arcan Display Framework Receives Funding As Innovative Wayland Alternative

Phoronix - Tue, 12/19/2023 - 18:32
While much of the focus by Linux desktops as we roll into 2024 is polishing off their Wayland support, there does exist a rather innovative display server out there that's been in the works for years: Arcan. Arcan is the open-source project built atop a game engine and provides a display server paired with a real-time multimedia framework for audio and video. Arcan can be used from embedded purposes through full desktop solutions and can also interact with Wayland and X11 as well as embracing VR. Arcan 0.6.3 was released today along with the announcement that they've taken on some funding...

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