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The Downfall Mitigation Impact For Xeon E-2300 Series On Linux 6.5

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 22:40
Last month the Downfall CPU security vulnerability was disclosed that impacts various AVX/AVX-512 workloads. Now that there's been a few weeks for the Linux kernel code to settle around the mitigation and the latest Intel CPU microcode becoming more broadly available, here is a fresh look at the performance impact of the Downfall mitigation on affected AVX workloads.

Firefox 118 Available With Performance Improvements, Automated Translations

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 22:05
Ahead of the formal announcement on Tuesday, Mozilla today uploaded the Firefox 118.0 release binaries as the latest monthly update for this cross-platform web browser...

PipeWire 1.0 Planned For Release Later This Year

Phoronix - Mon, 09/25/2023 - 20:03
The PipeWire audio and video streams solution for the Linux desktop is planning its big version "1.0" release for later in the year...

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