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2026-07-04
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2026-07-04
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Linux 7.2-rc2 Raising The Default RISC-V 64-bit CPU Limit To 256 Cores
Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 4 July 2026 at 06:09 AM EDT. 3 Comments
A post merge-window change that landed in Linux Git overnight ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.2-rc2 release is bumping the default limit on the number of supported CPU cores for RISC-V 64-bit. Now by default Linux will support up to 256 cores with RISC-
2026-07-03
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2026-07-03
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NVIDIA VR-NVL BMC Device Tree Being Upstreamed For OpenBMC Support
Written by Michael Larabel in NVIDIA on 3 July 2026 at 07:02 AM EDT. Add A Comment
NVIDIA's latest Linux kernel mailing list patches are for providing the Device Tree for the baseboard management controller (BMC) of their Vera Rubin VR-NVL server platform. With the Linux kernel patches and also for U-Boot, it's part of the upstream
2026-07-02
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2026-07-02
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RISC-V RVV Vector Performance Benchmarks With The SpacemiT K3 SoC
Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 2 July 2026 at 10:10 AM EDT. Page 1 of 4. 26 Comments.
Since May we have been benchmarking the SpacemiT K3 RISC-V SoC as one of the first to market RISC-V chips supporting the RVA23 profile. The SpacemiT K3 has shown how far RISC-V performance has come in the past half decade and one of the
2026-06-26
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2026-06-26
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How NVIDIA GB10 CPU Performance Compares To Vera
Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 26 June 2026 at 11:50 AM EDT. Page 1 of 4. 3 Comments.
Since delivering NVIDIA Vera CPU benchmarks one month ago and follow-ups like how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved in 8 years or how Vera compares to Ampere Altra that is still quite common in the marketplace, another frequent discussion p
2026-06-24
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2026-06-24
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QSOE v0.1 Released As A QNX-Inspired RISC-V OS
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 24 June 2026 at 06:05 AM EDT. 3 Comments
QSOE 0.1 has made its debut as a QNX-inspired, dual kernel architecture open-source operating system just targeting RISC-V.
QSOE ships with the same user-space and two kernel opttions: QSOE/N that is using the Skimmer micro-kernel that was written from scratch
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
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Linux 7.2 RISC-V Reduces Kernel Startup Overhead, Eswin SoC Support By Default
Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 23 June 2026 at 05:59 AM EDT. Add A Comment
Along with the many x86/x86_64 improvements and some ARM64 architecture improvements (albeit slowed down by the AI/LLM noise affecting the development pace), the RISC-V architecture changes were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 7.2
2026-06-21
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2026-06-21
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Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For HP EliteBook X G2q X2 Elite Laptop
Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 21 June 2026 at 10:38 AM EDT. 8 Comments
Last month Qualcomm engineers posted patches bringing up the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 laptop on Linux. Sent out this weekend were a new set of patches from Qualcomm for bringing up the HP EliteBook X G2q laptop model powered by the Sn
2026-06-21
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2026-06-21
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Linux 7.2 Begins Making Preparations For NVIDIA "Blackwell-Next"
Written by Michael Larabel in NVIDIA on 21 June 2026 at 05:55 AM EDT. 1 Comment
When going through the VFIO subsystem patches for the ongoing Linux 7.2 merge window, there isn't too much to get excited about for end users with these changes. But there is the first time mentioning "Blackwell-Next" enablement by NVIDIA for the Linux ke
2026-06-20
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2026-06-20
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Open-Source NVIDIA NVK Vulkan Driver Now Supports DLSS
Written by Michael Larabel in Mesa on 19 June 2026 at 04:26 PM EDT. 23 Comments
With the code merged today to Mesa 26.2-devel, the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver is capable of handling Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) with modern game titles running on Linux / Steam Play.
A pull request opened last year by Autumn Ashton was for imp
2026-06-19
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2026-06-19
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How NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Compares To The Ampere Altra Max
Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 18 June 2026 at 02:43 PM EDT. Page 1 of 4. 14 Comments.
Last month on Phoronix was an exclusive first look at the NVIDIA Vera CPU performance compared to prior-generation NVIDIA Grace as well as the current AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon competition. Following that was looking at how the ARM Linu
2026-06-12
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2026-06-11
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2026-06-11
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Linux 7.2 To Enable ESWIN SoC Support By Default For RISC-V Kernel Builds
Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 10 June 2026 at 02:42 PM EDT. Add A Comment
An important one-liner is set to come for Linux 7.2 to enable ESWIN SoC support by default for RISC-V kernel builds. This change will allow default RISC-V kernel builds in turn to boot on the likes of SiFive's HiFive Premier P550 developer bo
2026-06-11
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2026-06-11
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AMD's Lemonade SDK For Local AI Adds NVIDIA CUDA Support
Written by Michael Larabel in AMD on 10 June 2026 at 12:25 PM EDT. Add A Comment
Lemonade, the local AI server solution developed by AMD that is designed to work across their CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, is out with a new version today that also adds NVIDIA CUDA support.
THe Lemonade SDK provides local AI server capabilities in an API-compliant ma
2026-06-10
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2026-06-10
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NVIDIA Engineer Devises Patch To Significantly Reduce GCC Bootstrap Time
Written by Michael Larabel in GNU on 10 June 2026 at 09:30 AM EDT. 4 Comments
NVIDIA engineer Kyrylo Tkachov posted a patch for testing yesterday to significantly reduce the amount of time it takes the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) for conducting a native bootstrap. The time spent in the configure process for native GCC build
2026-06-09
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2026-06-09
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RISC-V CPU Performance Up 8x In Five Years: SiFive HiFive Unmatched To SpacemiT K3
Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 9 June 2026 at 10:12 AM EDT. Page 1 of 6. Add A Comment.
Recently I published some initial SpacemiT K3 benchmarks for that first-to-market RISC-V RVA23 SoC with the K3 Pico-ITX mini computer. In there was a comparison against modern Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen desktop
2026-06-09
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2026-06-09
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Vortex 3.0 Released As Full-Stack, Open-Source RISC-V GPU Now With 3D Pipeline
Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 9 June 2026 at 06:02 AM EDT. Add A Comment
The open-source developers at Georgia Tech working on Vortex as an OpenCL-compatible RISC-V GPGPU implementation are out with their next major release for this open-source GPU design.
Vortex continues to consist of an open-source simul
2026-06-09
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2026-06-09
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Fedora 44 RISC-V Images Released, Including New "Omni" Kernel For Broader RISC-V Hardware Support
Written by Michael Larabel in Fedora on 8 June 2026 at 08:25 PM EDT. Add A Comment
Following the official Fedora 44 images released one month ago, Fedora 44 RISC-V images were published today for those wanting to run this newest Fedora Linux on RISC-V hardware.
RISC-V images of Fedora 44 are now avai
2026-06-08
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2026-06-08
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Linux 7.2 To Add ACPI CPPC v4 Support Authored By NVIDIA
Written by Michael Larabel in NVIDIA on 8 June 2026 at 09:41 AM EDT. 4 Comments
Ahead of NVIDIA Vera ramping up, the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is adding the ACPI CPPC v4 support authored by a NVIDIA engineer.
Linux 7.2 is poised to introduce support for ACPI's version 4 standard of the Collaborative Processor Performance Control interface.
2026-06-08
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2026-06-08
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BeagleV Ahead & Lichee Pi 4a RISC-V Boards To See Working WiFi With Linux 7.2
Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 8 June 2026 at 06:24 AM EDT. Add A Comment
In addition to the SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V SoC Device Tree updates sent out last week, the RISC-V T-HEAD Device Tree "DT" changes were also sent out last week ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel merge window.
The RISC-V T-HEAD DT cha
2026-06-05
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2026-06-05
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More SpacemiT K3 & K1 Support Landing In Upstream Linux 7.2
Written by Michael Larabel in RISC-V on 5 June 2026 at 08:16 AM EDT. 1 Comment
In addition to Apple M3 Device Trees for Linux 7.2, the SpacemiT RISC-V SoCs are seeing some notable Device Tree improvements with this next version of the Linux kernel.
The exciting SpacemiT K3 RVA23 RISC-V SoC is now seeing USB 2.0 support working on the mai