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GNU Binutils 2.42 Brings Support For New Intel CPU Extensions: APX, AVX10.1 & More

Phoronix - Tue, 01/30/2024 - 00:18
Nick Clifton with Red Hat announced today the release of GNU Binutils 2.42, the newest feature release to this collection of binary utilities widely relied upon by Linux and Unix-like systems as part of the compiler toolchain...

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Linux Performance

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 22:00
Today the review embargo lifts on the new AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G desktop APUs. Announced back during CES, the Ryzen 8000G series pairs Zen 4 CPU cores with RDNA3 graphics and now also boasting Ryzen AI support too. Today's launch article is focusing on the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Linux performance.

SDL 3.0 Adds Colorspace Concept, More Code Coming From Valve Around HDR

Phoronix - Mon, 01/29/2024 - 21:12
Development on SDL 3 continues as the next major update to the Simple DirectMedia Layer for this hardware/software abstraction library commonly used by cross-platform games and other software...

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