The Intel Compute Runtime 25.35.35096.9 adds a "eu_count" Level Zero extension for easily querying the execution unit count on the hardware being run, the OpenCL cl_khr_spirv_queries extension is now enabled
Intel Compute Runtime 25.35.35096.9 Ships Newest Features & Optimizations
The Intel Compute Runtime 25.35.35096.9 adds a "eu_count" Level Zero extension for easily querying the execution unit count on the hardware being run, the OpenCL cl_khr_spirv_queries extension is now enabled
Mesa's Zink Driver Achieves Hits Major Milestone For Workstation Graphics
Blumenkrantz has been using SPECViewPerf as the workstation graphics standard benchmark for evaluating Zink's potential and performance relative to the RadeonSI Gallium3D hardware driver. Zink started out at just around 18 FPS while the RadeonSI driver could deliver around 10
Haiku OS Addressing Slow "git status" Performance Relative To Linux
Running git status on a large source repository from under Haiku OS has been "much slower" compared to Linux. In large part due to block caching differences. Enhancing this caching logic will also hopefully help other workloads too.
In Haiku's blog post
Tyr Driver Being Submitted For Linux 6.18 As Rust-Based Arm Mali Driver
Tyr is a Rust DRM driver for Mali GPUs and supporting the same set of GPUs as supported by the current C-based Panthor driver. Tyr makes use of the Arm Mali Command Stream Firmware "CSF" just like
AMD Begins Plumbing APCI C4 Support In The Linux Kernel For Greater Power Savings
Sent out to the Linux kernel mailing list yesterday were the initial patches for preparing ACPI C4 support within the ACPI "processor_idle" driver.
Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Performance One Year Later
Next week marks one year since the launch of the Xeon 6900P series Granite Rapids server processors. Given the occasion and a new server in the lab, here is a look at how Intel's Granite Rapids top-end Xeon 6980P server processors are performing one year after the original introduction with a production-grade server platform as well as incorporating all of the Linux software improvements over the past year.
Last year on 24 September there were launch-day Intel Xeon 69
AMD ROCm 7.0 Officially Released With Many Significant Improvements
ROCm 7.0.0 is officially out and all of the ROCm 7.0 documentation has also been published along with the binaries being available via the AMD repository.
Fedora 43 Beta ISOs Released For Testing This Leading-Edge Linux OS
Fedora 43 Beta ISOs are now available for those wanting to help in testing this next major Fedora Linux release. Fedora 43 is powered by the Linux 6.17 kernel, GNOME 49 is powering Fedora Workstation 43, and there are a wealth of updates as covered in countless Phoronix articles.
Fedora 43 continues enhancing its Anaconda WebUI, moves to Python 3.14, Wayland-only GNOME support
AMD ROCm 7.0 Begins Rocking Out On GitHub
For months we have been eager for the ROCm 7.0 release with HIP C++ aligning even more closely against CUDA for better compatibility, AMD Instinct MI350x and MI355
Fedora Workstation 43 Beta Is Running Well On AMD Strix Halo / Framework Desktop
Fedora 43 Beta is releasing today as we work toward the official release in either late October or early November. I have been testing out the Fedora Workstation 43 Beta candidate to great success on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ " Strix Halo " powered Framework Desktop . Here are some benchmarks of Fedora Workstation 42 compared to the Fedora Workstation 43 Beta.
Fedora Workstation 43 Beta is riding on the GNOME 49 desktop, powered by the Linux 6.17 development kernel, Mesa 25.1