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CIQ, the founding support and services partner of Rocky Linux, has announced the general availability of Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro AI (RLC Pro AI). This enterprise Linux distribution is designed for AI inference and GPU-accelerated production workloads, offering tuned components for higher performance from day one. It supports deployments across bare metal, Kubernetes, and various cloud environments.
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A recent report highlights significant price increases for graphics cards, with higher-end Nvidia GPUs experiencing the most severe impacts globally. The findings underscore the challenging market conditions for these components. Published on February 18, 2026, the update describes the situation as an 'absurd GPU pricing update.'
NVIDIA has released the source code for CUDA Tile IR, making it available to the open-source community. This intermediate representation tool for CUDA is now freely accessible.
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The upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel introduces a significant performance upgrade for older AMD Radeon graphics cards by defaulting to the modern AMDGPU driver. This change, enabled by recent improvements from Valve engineers, delivers around a 30% boost in performance for GCN 1.0 and 1.1 GPUs. Users of legacy hardware like the Radeon HD 7950 can now access better features, including out-of-the-box Vulkan support.
Chinese GPU vendor MaxSun has unveiled a new liquid-cooled single-slot dual GPU card based on Intel Arc Pro B60. The card features 48GB of RAM and supports installation of four units in a single system. This setup allows for eight GPUs and substantial VRAM capacity in one rig.
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AMD has released version 7.0.2 of its ROCm open-source platform for GPU computing. This update officially adds support for the Radeon RX 9060 graphics card. The announcement comes from Phoronix, highlighting advancements in Linux hardware compatibility.