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Phoronix Benchmarks Ryzen 7 9850X3D DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-6000 on Linux

Phoronix today published benchmarks comparing DDR5-4800 and DDR5-6000 memory performance with the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor on Ubuntu Linux. This report complements yesterday's Linux review of the...

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Box64 Expands Real-time X86/X86_64 Emulation to RISC-V and LoongArch

Box64, a crucial software component enabling real-time translation of X86 and X86_64 code to other hardware architectures, has recently expanded its support to include RISC-V and LoongArch. This devel...

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Linux 7.0 To Enable Intel TSX By Default For Performance

A patch has been queued into the x86/cpu Git branch for the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel cycle, which enables Intel Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) by default. This change applies to capab...

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Intel Meteor Lake Linux Performance Impacted by Spectre BHI Mitigations

Phoronix testing revealed a measurable performance impact on Intel Meteor Lake CPUs running on Linux systems with an up-to-date software stack. Recent benchmarks showed the geometric mean performance ...

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Intel Formally Launches Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs with Arc B390 Graphics

Intel today formally launched its Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" System on a Chip (SoC) line during its CES keynote. These new "Panther Lake" processors represent the company's latest generation o...

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AMD Unveils Ryzen AI 400 Series, Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and Strix Halo SKUs at CES 2026

AMD today announced its initial consumer product lineup for 2026 following Lisa Su's keynote at CES 2026. The company unveiled the Ryzen AI 400 series processors, alongside new Ryzen 7 9850X3D 3D V-Ca...

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Steam Linux Market Share Ends 2025 at 3.19%; AMD CPU Use Approaches 72%

The December 2025 Steam Survey results, released tonight, show Steam on Linux market share at 3.19%. This marks a slight decrease from the all-time high of 3.2% recorded in November. The survey also i...

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Google Leverages BPF-CCX Scheduling for Enhanced AMD Zen CPU Performance

Google has recently developed and demonstrated "BPF CCX," a new scheduling mechanism designed to extract more performance from AMD Zen-based systems. This solution utilizes the Linux kernel's extended...

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Intel Presents Cache Aware Scheduling to Optimize Linux Kernel CPU Performance

Intel engineers Tim Chen and Chen Yu presented their Cache Aware Scheduling work last week at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2025 in Tokyo. This proposed innovation for the Linux kernel aims to improve...

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