… Early Linux 7.1 Patches Reveal a Major Cleanup and Modern CPU Enablement, and Driver Improvements for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA Hardware With the Linux 7.0 release, the merge window for Linux Kernel 7.1 has opened, and the new kernel is already getting readied through subsystem pull requests and featu… …
… Related Story Intel Preps Panther Lake “R” For Harsh Environments, Linux Patch Outs New Model ID 223 And A P-Core/LP-E Only Layout Phoronix reports that Intel has just submitted its first Xe3P kernel graphics driver patches, which are expected to be included in the Linux 6.19 kernel cycle. …
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… Linux Kernel Patch Shows Intel Panther Lake R With Model ID 223; Could be Panther Lake Variants for Rugged Devices Intel is making sure to use the Cougar Cove and Darkmont Cores on different variants of Panther Lake. …
… NVIDIA doesn't support them due to their proprietary kernel modules. …
… This early groundwork suggests that NVIDIA's Linux team is prepared for the Rubin series, and as far as the overall development goes, we have been reporting on Rubin for months. …
… This was all the while the Ryzen 7 7840U was delivering similar or lower power consumption than the Core Ultra 7 155H with these tests on Ubuntu 23.10 with the Linux 6.7 kernel at each system's defaults. …
… Intel Panther Lake will transition to NPU5 while Nova Lake will utilize NPU6, a 6th-gen NPU Neural Processing Unit , which was seen in a Linux Kernel patch. …
… Related Story Linux 7.1 Kernel Starts Enabling Intel FRED, Expands AMD GPU Defaults, And Dropping Of Intel 486 CPU Support But Neelalojanan also had some blunt words regarding AMD in the handheld gaming market: “They’re selling ancient silicon, while we’re selling up-to-date processors specifically… …
… Related Story Linux 7.1 Kernel Starts Enabling Intel FRED, Expands AMD GPU Defaults, And Dropping Of Intel 486 CPU Support The testing was done using SPEC CPU 2017, the go-to benchmarking suite for integer performance and widely recognized for testing factors such as branch prediction and memory la… …