AMD

AMD will bring back a memory encryption feature to its consumer Ryzen processors following widespread user criticism over its quiet removal.

1. Juni 2026 Von KI berichtet

AMD announced extensions to its processor socket support at Computex. The company will keep the AM5 platform viable until at least 2029. It also detailed new and re-released Ryzen processors for both AM5 and AM4 sockets.

Phoronix reports a minor performance tweak in the Linux kernel 7.0, released on February 28, 2026, showing gains particularly on AMD Zen 2 processors amid broader enhancements like Zen 6 support.

7. März 2026 Von KI berichtet

An AMD vice president has utilized AI to develop a Radeon Linux userland driver written in Python. A senior AI engineer involved in the project stated that he did not open a code editor once during the process. The tool used was Claude Code, which built a Radeon compute driver.

Following Linus Torvalds' recent announcement, Linux kernel 7.0 has been released on February 28, 2026, adding support for AMD Zen 6 processors and Intel Nova Lake alongside file system and graphics enhancements for improved efficiency.

27. Februar 2026 Von KI berichtet

The Linux kernel version 7.0-rc2 has incorporated several fixes for the AMDXDNA driver supporting Ryzen AI processors. These updates address issues in the direct rendering manager framework. Phoronix reports on these developments in open-source graphics and Linux hardware.