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Oracle unveils largest AI supercomputer with AMD chips
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Oracle has announced OCI Zettascale10, described as the world's largest AI supercomputer, featuring six times more GPUs than its 2024 predecessor. The company continues to rely on AMD chips for its superclusters despite Nvidia's industry dominance. This move aligns with Oracle's strategy to integrate AI directly with users' data wherever they operate.
Linux 6.18 DRM pull adds new drivers and Rust support
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Linus Torvalds has pulled the Direct Rendering Manager updates for Linux kernel 6.18, introducing new open-source drivers and Rust integration for graphics hardware. The changes focus on enhancements for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA systems, alongside support for accelerators like Rocket and Tyr. DRM maintainer Dave Airlie highlighted the push toward Rust in the kernel's graphics subsystem.
Linux 6.18-rc2 wipes stale AMD reboot information
The Linux kernel's 6.18-rc2 release candidate includes updates to clear outdated data on AMD system reboots. This change aims to improve handling of reboot-related information for AMD hardware. Phoronix reports the modification as part of ongoing kernel development.
Linux 6.18 enhances AMD EPYC Turin performance
The Linux 6.18 kernel introduces optimizations that boost performance on AMD's EPYC Turin processors by up to 10% in multi-threaded workloads compared to Linux 6.17. These improvements target AI, high-performance computing, and database tasks on the Zen 5-based chips. Benchmarks from Phoronix highlight gains in scheduling, memory management, and power efficiency.
AMD releases updated ISP4 driver for Linux
AMD has posted an updated version of its ISP4 driver for Linux, incorporating fixes and improvements. The update aims to enhance compatibility and performance on Linux systems. This development supports ongoing open-source efforts for AMD hardware.
Linux patch proposes disabling RDSEED on all AMD Zen 5 CPUs
An updated Linux patch aims to disable the RDSEED instruction across all AMD Zen 5 CPUs. This change targets potential security or compatibility issues in the processor architecture. The proposal comes from the Linux kernel development community.