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AMD Posts Linux Driver Patches For Video Core Next 5 "VCN 5.0"

Phoronix - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 04:41
It looks like next-generation RDNA4 graphics will feature a new iteration of the Video Core Next (VCN) for accelerated video encode/decode. VCN 5.0 patches were posted today for the AMDGPU Linux kernel driver...

NVIDIA GH200 CPU Performance Benchmarks Against EPYC Zen 4 & Xeon Emerald Rapids

Phoronix - Fri, 02/09/2024 - 02:00
Kicking off our NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper benchmarking at Phoronix is an initial look at the 72-core Grace CPU performance with 96GB of HBM3 memory. Here are some initial benchmarks of the Grace CPU performance while the Hopper GPU benchmarks will be coming in a follow-up article.

Mozilla Has A New CEO To Focus On The Future

Phoronix - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 23:40
Mitchell Baker announced today she is stepping down as CEO of Mozilla Corporation but will retain the position of Mozilla Corporation Executive Chairwoman...

Cyberus Develops Open-Source KVM Backend For VirtualBox

Phoronix - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 23:26
Cyberus Technology announced today the open-source release of a KVM back-end developed for VirtualBox. This new back-end allows the VirtualBox VMM to run virtual machines utilizing the Linux KVM hypervisor instead of the custom kernel module relied upon by the standard Oracle VM VirtualBox software...

Fwupd 1.9.13 Adds Support For Newer Acer USB Docks

Phoronix - Thu, 02/08/2024 - 23:17
Fwupd 1.9.13 was released today by Red Hat's Richard Hughes as the newest feature update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems and more...

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