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Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in Linux than in Windows – flagship Arrow Lake chip is 6 to 8% faster on average in Linux

Linux might be the better operating system for Arrow Lake CPUs, as the Core Ultra 9 285K runs faster in the latest version of Ubuntu than it does Windows 11 24H2.

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New AI accelerator slots into an M.2 SSD port — MemryX launches $149 MX3 AI Accelerator Module capable of 24 TOPS

The MemryX M.2 module delivers efficient AI acceleration for edge computing with 24 TOPS of performance, low power consumption, and seamless Linux integration

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Intel’s newest B580 GPU underperforms last-gen Arc Alchemist card in Linux benchmarks – likely due to early teething pains

It seems Intel has some work to do on Battemage’s Linux support as the B580 is much faster on Windows than on Linux, when normally it’s the other way around for Intel graphics.

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Linux 6.13-rc3 fixes expensive CPUID handling on Sapphire Rapids CPUs — an issue resulting in Skylake CPUs being 4X faster for CPUID-related updates

The Linux team has published an intermediate Linux 6.13-rc3 to fix a "hilarious" bug in the kernel-based Virtual Machine code

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$25 active memory cooler reduces temperatures of 'naked' RAM by up to 41% — Corsair Vengeance Airflow cooler prevents 768GB DDR5-6400 of server RAM from overheating

Phoronix benchmarked DDR5 RDIMM memory with active cooling, revealing the need for builders to beware of DDR5 server overheating problems even in server-focused chassis.

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AMD adds LLVM support for the "GFX950" GPU, likely for MI325X or the upcoming MI355X accelerator

Recent commits to the LLVM GitHub from AMD indicate that Team Red is adding preliminary support for the "GFX950" GPU - likely the MI325X/355X.

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Intel rolls out microcode fix for crashing 13th/14th Generation processors through the Linux Kernel

Intel's latest microcode fix for Raptor Lake CPUs is now available at the Linux Kernel level.

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Intel preps for PCIe 6.0 inferno with PCIe thottling driver for Linux — mechanism reduces SSD bandwidth when the drive gets too hot

Intel’s work on developing a PCIe Cooling Driver for Linux users has reached a major milestone.

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Linus Torvalds is "fed up with buggy hardware and completely theoretical attacks" — Linux kernel creator lashes out ahead of proposed kernel code modifications

Linus Torvalds speaks out against pre-emptive kernel code changes due to buggy or exploited CPUs.

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First AMD EPYC 9965 benchmarks are in; Turin server CPU sets flurry of new world records across wide range of software, but will that be enough to stop Xeon and Arm's forthcoming onslaught?

First reviews of AMD’s 'Turin' server CPUs shows it's still ahead of Intel, but the gap isn't as wide as you might expect

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Intel lays the groundwork for Xe3 Celestial graphics — Panther Lake CPU enablement in Linux has begun

Intel engineers have been spotted working on Linux drivers for the Xe3 graphics architecture.

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First reviews of Intel’s fastest CPU ever shows that it has finally caught up with AMD – 128-core Xeon 6980P CPU won’t come cheap though

First reviews of Intel’s fastest CPU ever shows that it has finally caught up with AMD

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AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPU beats Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU in Linux showdown — Strix Point was up to 1.6X faster than Lunar Lake

According to one review, Lunar Lake's performance in Linux disappoints, which found Ryzen AI 300 APUs to be much better.

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CUDA-beating ZLUDA breathes new life with financial backing from unknown party — pivots to AI workloads across multiple GPU vendors

ZLUDA, a CUDA translation layer, gets new funding and therefore refocuses to AI software and multiple GPU vendors support.

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AMD’s Linux graphics driver is getting too big for older machines

Linux users are complaining that the AMD graphics driver for their OS of choice is getting so big that it is causing issues. Red Hat Linux desktop engineer Hans de Goede highlighted this issue at the weekend. Graphical boot menus are timing out before AMDGPU can load.

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Zen 5 CPU performance is unaffected by Inception mitigation

AMD's latest Zen 5 architecture is reportedly the first architecture since Zen 3 to be immune to the Inception vulnerability — it does not require software-based mitigations.

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Ryzen 9 9950X runs 16% faster on an Intel-optimized Linux distro

Phronix benchmarked AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X against various Linux distros, showcasing a 16% performance margin between the fastest and slowest distros. The fastest solution uses an Intel-optimized distro.

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AMD's Zen 5 AVX-512 performance tested — Zen 5 performs significantly better than Zen 4 on Linux without consuming any more power

Phoronix tested the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 7950X in a head-to-head face-off in AVX-512 workloads to see how the 9950X's AVX-512 implementation is much better.

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AMD asks developer to take down open source ZLUDA, dev vows to rebuild his project

Developer of ZLUDA translation layer vows to rebuild the CUDA translation layer as AMD demands to take down open source code developed with its funding.

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Zen 5 testing shows AMD's performance and power gains with threading — Intel ditched threading with Lunar Lake

Phoronix tested SMT on Zen 5 and Zen 5c, revealing that SMT dramatically improves power efficiency and performance with AMD's latest CPUs.

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Intel and AMD won't like that: Detailed benchmarking of Amazon Graviton4 shows fantastic performance/price — this is the biggest server CPU threat yet to x86 duopoly and it won't go away

Comprehensive benchmarking of AWS Graviton4 shows Arm processor is a threat to Intel and AMD.

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Snapdragon X Elite iGPU disabled by default in latest Linux patch — caused by OEM key signing that may not be available

Snapdragon X Elite Linux enablement development is not going great. The latest patch has been forced to disable the GPU on one of the X Elite trims due to an OEM blocker preventing the graphics engine from being usable in Linux.

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Intel preps Lunar Lake-optimized adaptive sharpening filter for Linux deployment

Intel is developing a new basic adaptive sharpening filter for upscaling games and photos, specifically for Lunar Lake and Linux operating systems.

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Microsoft finally moves the WSL2 kernel onto a more modern LTS release, but you'll have to install it yourself right now

Microsoft is finally moving WSL2 away from its aging kernel with the first release of a new 6.6 LTS that can be built and installed right now ahead of it being rolled in by default.

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Intel prepping at least five new Battlemage GPU models — new PCI IDs added to Linux 6.11 kernel

Intel has listed five new Battlemage PCI IDs that will be integrated into the next update cycle for the Linux 6.11 kernel. The lack of many IDs hints that Intel's next-gen GPU launch could have far fewer SKUs than its outgoing Arc A-series lineup.

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