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DreamWorks' OpenMoonRay 1.6 Open-Source Renderer Released

Phoronix - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 18:07
Two years ago DreamWorks Animation made the exciting decision that they would open-source their MoonRay renderer that's been used in production for a variety of animated feature films. That initial open-source drop took place last year as OpenMoonRay and since then it has continued to be improved as an open-source project...

How to Configure ZFS Storage and NFS Shares in TrueNAS – Part 2

Tecmint - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 13:00
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In our previous article, we showed you how to install TrueNAS server. This article will guide you through configuring TrueNAS

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AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Benchmarks: The Fantastic Power Efficiency Of Zen 5

Phoronix - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 04:30
As noted in yesterday's launch-day AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 review with 100+ benchmarks, I've also been testing an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 Zen 5 laptop too. Here are those initial benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 as the 10-core / 20-thread laptop Zen 5 SoC. Like with the HX 370 testing, the Ryzen AI 9 365 continues to reinforce the great power efficiency uplift of Zen 5 as one of the most exciting advancements. In fact, for many benchmarks the Ryzen AI 9 365 was delivering even greater performance per Watt than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

Another Habana Labs Driver Maintainer Is Leaving Intel

Phoronix - Tue, 07/30/2024 - 01:00
It was just two months ago that Oded Gabbay, the longtime maintainer of the Habana Labs kernel accelerator driver for Linux, announced he was stepping down from his software role and leaving Intel. Oded Gabbay was also a maintainer of the new Intel Xe kernel graphics driver. That was a surprising move with Oded Gabbay having been at Intel / Habana Labs for 7+ years and oversaw the creation of the Linux kernel's "accel" accelerator subsystem and more while prior to that having been at Red Hat and AMD. Ofir Bitton was named the Habana Labs driver maintainer following that but now he announced he too is leaving Intel...

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