Linux Scheduler Work Helping Boost Gaming Performance On Old "Potato" Hardware Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Kernel on 12 May 2026 at 06:30 AM EDT. 14 Comments Prominent Linux kernel…
…I have benchmarked earlier versions of the patches and found great performance on AMD EPYC CPUs and Xeon 6 benefiting nicely too . Earlier this month I noted that it looked like Cache…
…a massive speed-up as a result of the hand-optimized RISC-V Assembly code. Benchmarks are showing as much as a +427.5% improvement with the RISC-V optimized strnlen function…
…when the number of PS input VGPRs changes from 5 to 4" No real world benchmark/performance impact numbers were cited, just the benefit to the pixel throughput. As of today the…
…There is a "slight" performance benefit too. - Replacing Maple Tree's big node struct with maple copy is helping reduce stack usage and working toward future developments. - Improved khugepaged scan logic helps…
…In case you missed it recently, see Initial Benchmarks Of The SpacemiT K3 RVA23 RISC-V CPU With The K3 Pico-ITX . More tests forthcoming. The SpacemiT K1 is also seeing improved…
…The new WQ_AFFN_CACHE_SHARD affinity scope can reduce some contention on such systems and help achieve greater performance. Linux engineer Breno Leitao with Meta worked on the set of patches…
Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are…
…More Linux 7.1 kernel performance benchmarks are forthcoming on different hardware platforms at Phoronix. Continue on for the more exhaustive look at interesting changes to find with the forthcoming Linux 7…
…AGESA updates can be useful for new performance optimizations, expanding system memory compatibility, CPU security features, new CPU support, etc. Finally with Linux 7.1, the AGESA version when detected will be…