AMD Launches EPYC 9005 "Turin" Server Processors
AMD is using their Advancing AI event today to announce 5th Gen EPYC "Turin" processors. With up to 192 cores / 384 threads per socket, 17% IPC uplift, AVX-512 with a full 512-bit data path, and the Zen 5 architectural improvements, these new EPYC 9005...
Ubuntu 24.10 is Now Available to Download
Ubuntu 24.10 is now available for download after six months of dedicated development. The latest release offers plenty of changes and new features, including the latest GNOME 47 release, more preinstalled tools for developers, and better signalling of ...
Contributor Highlight: Toad Hall
We’re back with another contributor highlight! We asked our most active contributors to tell us about what they do, why they enjoy it, and themselves. Last time, we talked with Arthur, and for this installment, we’re chatting with Toad Hall. If you...
Intel Announces Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake CPUs
As part of a busy day in the CPU world, Intel has lifted the embargo on the Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" desktop processors. This isn't the review embargo but just an overview on this new generation succeeding 14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" on the desk...
How to use Java generics to avoid ClassCastExceptions
Generics are used in Java to allow types or methods to operate on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety. Generics address the problem of ClassCastExceptions being thrown at runtime as a result of code that is not type safe....
Drasi: A lightweight approach to event-driven programming
The Microsoft Azure Incubations team is one of the more interesting components of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud. It is something between a traditional software development team and a research organization working to build solutions to the problems of...
Microsoft previews AI ‘building blocks’ for .NET
Microsoft is previewing packages geared to integrating generative AI services into .NET applications. Called Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions and Microsoft.Extensions.AI libraries, the packages are available in preview as of October 8. The package...
AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver Posted For Linux
AMD today quietly posted a new open-source Linux kernel driver for review... the AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver. This AMD 3D V-Cache Performance Optimizer Driver for Linux is intended to help optimize performance on systems sporting 3D V-C...
