Tag: processors
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Linux Kills 486 Support
Torvalds flushes ancient x86 silicon down the kernel loo The Linux kernel is finally putting the 486 processor out of its misery, ending decades of backward compatibility that even Microsoft ditched with Windows XP back in 2001. For those who came in late, Intel’s 486 processor launched in 1989 and was the first x86 chip to…
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Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux vs. AMD vs. IntelAuthor: Written by Michael Larabel in Processors June 2024 marked the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite to much initial fanfare for finally some compelling ARM laptop designs. While initially — and still to this day with the likes of the TUXEDO X Elite laptop not…
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AMD Ryzen beats Intel Lunar Lake
AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Dominates Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake Performance For Linux Developers & Creators! Written by Michael Larabel Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake’s CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow…
