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AMD's 3D V-Cache Optimizer Driver For Squeezing More Ryzen 9 9950X3D Performance

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

Merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel was the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver for being able to influence the kernel's scheduling decisions on AMD processors where only a subset of CCDs have the larger 3D V-Cache. With this new driver users can communicate their cache vs. frequency preference for influencing where new tasks are first placed if on the CCD with the larger L3 cache or with the higher frequency potential. Here is a look at the impact of using the AMD 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver with the new AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D.

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OpenSSL 3.5 Alpha 1 Released With Server-Side QUIC

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

OpenSSL 3.5 Alpha 1 is out today as the first development milestone on the path to releasing OpenSSL 3.5.0 in April...

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Linux Benchmarks Forthcoming

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

Today marks the retail availability of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D processors. At the top of the hour when the new AMD Zen 5 3D V-Cache processors went on sale, I found both the 9900X3D and 9950X3D in-stock and at MSRP pricing... Less than a half hour later, the 9950X3D is now out of stock while as of writing the 9900X3D remains in-stock at major Internet retailers at its $599 price point...

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Linux 6.15 Set To Include Better Handling For Intel P Or E Core Only Mitigations

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

A set of patches from Intel for utilizing the CPU type for CPU matching as part of the x86 mitigation handling is likely to be part of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel. These patches are intended for helping with CPU security mitigations on Intel Core hybrid processors where there are security vulnerabilities affecting only P cores or only E cores but not both sets of CPU cores present in the system...

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KDE's KWin Wayland & X11 Code Are Now Split, KWin_X11 To Be Maintained Until Plasma 7

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

Yesterday marked the milestone of KWin's kwin_x11 and kwin_wayland code being split up. The Wayland and X11 code for the KWin compositor is now separate from each other but can be co-installable for systems wanting to support both X11 and Wayland environments...

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Haiku OS Wrapping Up Its New malloc & Various Performance Optimizations

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project is out with a new monthly progress report to highlight its latest development accomplishments...

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LLVM 20's Great Fortran Language Support With Flang

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

With the newly-released LLVM 20.1 compiler stack among the many changes throughout the massive codebase is renaming the "flang-new" compiler just to "flang". This new Flang compiler front-end has matured quite well over the years to providing robust and reliable Fortran language support within the confines of the LLVM toolchain...

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Jonathan Riddell Stepping Down From KDE Plasma Release Management

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

Longtime KDE developer who has served with Plasma release management duties, KDE Neon operating system development, and former Kubuntu release manager, among other roles, announced he will be stepping down from his Plasma release management duties...

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GStreamer 1.26 Released With Vulkan Improvements, H.266/VVC + LCEVC + JPEG-XS Support

news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 March

GStreamer 1.26 is out today as the newest major feature release for this widely-used open-source multimedia framework...