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An Early Look At Linux 6.18 Performance With Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 22:40
With Linux 6.18 now past the merge window and many new features and changes introduced (https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-618-features), I have begun testing out this kernel on various servers, desktops, and laptops at Phoronix. Linux 6.18 is quite important with expected to become this year's LTS kernel version upon its stable debut in December. Up today is a first look at Linux 6.17 vs. 6.18-rc1 performance using Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids server performance.

AOMP 22.0-1 Brings Many Improvements For AMD's Fortran Compiler GPU Offloading

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:42
AOMP 22.0-1 was released on Wednesday as the newest routine update to this downstream of LLVM/Clang/Flang maintained by AMD that continues to carry their latest modifications for enhancing the C/C++/Fortran compiler offloading support to AMD Radeon/Instinct hardware using the likes of OpenMP and OpenACC...

LLVM/Clang 22 Merges Support For Intel Nova Lake "-march=novalake"

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 21:25
Merged today to LLVM Git for next spring's LLVM 22.0 release is support for the Intel Nova Lake ISA targeting with the "-march=novalake" option...

Mesa NVK Lands Support For VK_NVX_image_view_handle - Needed For NVIDIA DLSS

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 20:24
Just days ago Valve developer Autumn Ashton announced initial NVIDIA DLSS upscaling for the open-source Mesa NVK driver. One of those needed Vulkan extensions, VK_NVX_image_view_handle, is already merged to Mesa Git...

Latest Linux Patches For Homa Posted: TCP Alternative With 10~100x Lower Tail Latency

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 18:43
Posted to the Linux networking mailing list on Wednesday were the latest patches for enabling the Homa transport protocol. Homa is the clean-sheet design aiming to become an alternative to TCP within data centers and capable of offering 10~100x reductions in tail latency for short messages...

Proposed Patches Make Upstream Linux Kernel Usable For The OpenWrt One Router

Phoronix - Thu, 10/16/2025 - 18:30
Announced nearly one year ago was the OpenWrt One as a router/AP that is "hacker-friendly" and open-source. The OpenWrt One is powered by a Filogic 820 SoC and features WiFi 6. This official OpenWrt device is manufactured by Banana Pi. While there is downstream open-source code available for customizing the OpenWrt One to your heart's content, the upstream Linux kernel support to date hasn't been full-featured...

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