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Linux 6.16 Will Be Able To Exit User Mode Faster: 2~11% Improvement

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

While the "core/entry" changes for the Linux kernel merge window aren't typically too exciting to write about, there is a new optimization for all CPU architectures worth mentioning for the Linux 6.16 cycle...

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AVX-512 Performance + Power Efficiency Shines With AMD Strix Halo

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Several weeks into testing the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 flagship "Strix Halo" SoC within the HP ZBook Ultra G1a, I continue to be very impressed with its performance capabilities for a wide range of workloads. While the Radeon 8060S integrated graphics easily turn heads and the 16-core / 32-thread Zen 5 cores deliver incredible performance in a laptop form factor, one feature not to be discounted that together really helps make this laptop/SFF SoC an excellent choice for AI use and other scientific computing purposes is the presence of AVX-512. While Intel's current laptop and desktop processors lack AVX-512, Zen 5's efficient AVX-512 implementation does wonders for the Strix Halo performance and power efficiency. Today's article is exploring the performance and power efficiency benefits of AVX-512 usage on the AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO SoC.

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Intel Wildcat Lake Audio Support Merged For Linux 6.16

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

All of the sound/audio driver changes have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel that include new AMD and Intel hardware support among other new audio hardware as well as various other improvements...

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Intel Releases Updated Battlemage Driver Preview Support For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

While there is nice out-of-the-box support for the new Intel Arc "Battlemage" graphics cards on the new Ubuntu 25.04 release, if you prefer running the Ubuntu 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release there isn't complete support until the next hardware enablement "HWE" update. But Intel in cooperation with Canonical has now published a new graphics driver preview stack for enabling better Intel Arc B-Series support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS users...

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Microsoft's Azure Linux Preps For NVIDIA GB200 Servers

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Microsoft on Tuesday released a new version of Azure Linux, their in-house Linux distribution that is used for a variety of purposes from the Azure cloud to powering other Microsoft services...

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Linux 6.16 Merges A Fix For The Macintosh II

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Hobbyists continue to tinker around with the Motorola 68000 "m68k" support within the Linux kernel and even landing a fix now in 2025 for the vintage Macintosh II...

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Arch Linux Installer Adds Option To Configure Btrfs Snapshots Post-Install

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Archinstall 3.0.7 is out today as the newest feature update to this text-based Arch Linux installer that makes it quick and easy to deploy a new Arch Linux installation...

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EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Ted Ts'o sent out the EXT4 file-system changes today for the Linux 6.16 kernel. While EXT4 may not see as much code churn these days given its mature state compared to say Btrfs and Bcachefs, with Linux 6.16 are some tantalizing performance improvements...

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Xfce's xfwm4 Merges Wayland Compositor Code Based On wlroots

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 28 May

Merged today for Xfce's Xfwm4 window manager component is a built-in Wayland compositor using wlroots...