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      AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 6 hours ago

    Looking to be added to the Linux kernel source tree for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle is test_amd_pmf, a small testing application for exercising the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) interfaces and dumping various system data points...
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      Mysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 11 hours ago

    Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not elaborating on the matter. Now that same developer has posted another semi-cryptic message to the Linux kernel mailing list to talk about 16-tile and 32-tile Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) implementations. To date Intel only has 8-tile AMX...
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      Fwupd 2.1.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 12 hours ago

    Fwupd 2.1.7 is out today as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for offering a nice firmware upgrade story on Linux systems...
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      Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13 hours ago

    Back in April, Framework Computer announced the Framework Laptop 13 Pro as a ground-up re-design of their modular/upgradeable laptop. This new Framework Laptop 13 Pro features a much larger battery (74Wh), LPCAMM2 memory support, a full CNC aluminum chassis, haptic touchpad, and a new power-optimized touch display. Paired with the very efficient Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro ends up being an incredible offering from the hardware perspective.
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      Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 16 hours ago

    Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...
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      AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 17 hours ago

    Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to land with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel...
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      Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formally used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-powered compositor with that being their hopeful last planned version before Wayfire 1.0 releases...
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      FreeBSD Developing New NTSYNC Driver For Accelerating Windows NT Sync Primitives

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    The FreeBSD project published today their Q2-2026 status report that highlights all of their interesting open-source development initiatives for the past quarter. A lot is happening including FreeBSD seeing an AMD ROCm port and also their own NTSYNC driver being created...
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      NVIDIA & Others Form The Open Secure AI Alliance

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 18 hours ago

    NVIDIA and more than two dozen other companies have started the Open Secure AI Alliance for helping to keep open-source AI models secure. The other founding members range from Microsoft to Adobe, IBM, Red Hat, SpaceX, OpenClaw, Palantir, and others...