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PowerVR Binary Blob Added To Linux-Firmware.Git For New Graphics Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 17:00
With the Imagination PowerVR open-source kernel graphics driver expected for Linux 6.8, the necessary firmware binary blob has now been accepted into linux-firmware.git...

Corsair MP700 PRO 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD

Phoronix - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 14:00
Corsair this month released the MP700 PRO NVMe SSD as the company's newest PCI Express Gen5 NVMe SSD. After the initial issues encountered with the Corsair MP700, I was eager to see how well this PCIe 5.0 solid-state drive would perform. Corsair rates their MP700 PRO SSD as capable of reaching up to 12,400 MB/s sequential reads and 11,800 MB/s sequential writes.

Wayland's Weston 13.0 Released With Multi-Backend Support & Overlapping Outputs

Phoronix - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 13:00
Weston 13.0 has been released as the latest major update to this reference Wayland compositor that attracts various experimental features and other innovations as developers experiment in the post-X11 world...

AMD Has A Nice Performance Optimization Coming With Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 05:39
Queued up into tip/tip.git's x86/cpu branch ahead of the Linux 6.8 merge window opening in a month is an optimization that should prove helpful in cloud/VM scenarios...

Intel Appears On The Verge Of Some Exciting Performance Optimizations For Linux Distros

Phoronix - Tue, 11/28/2023 - 03:19
One thing that has never gotten old over the past nearly twenty years of covering Linux news on Phoronix are the relentless performance optimizations made to the Linux kernel, GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers, and other key open-source projects over the years. Intel engineers have been responsible for so many exciting Linux performance optimizations over time at ensuring maximum Linux x86_64 performance as well as ensuring great performance at a macro-level as they've showcased with the likes of Clear Linux. It looks like they have some new innovation(s) in store soon for further maximizing compiler-assisted performance...

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