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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...

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