Linux 6.10 x86 Instruction Decoder Prepares For APX & Other New Intel Instructions
The performance events updates were submitted today for the ongoing Linux 6.10 kernel merge window
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The performance events updates were submitted today for the ongoing Linux 6.10 kernel merge window
Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) and Advanced Vector Extensions 10 (AVX10), announced in July 2023 for future Intel CPUs, are now being implemented into Intel's own Linux distribution.
After looking earlier today at the most viewed AMD Linux/open-source stories of 2023, here's a look at the other side of the table with the most popular Intel content on Phoronix for the past year with my daily open-source and Linux focused coverage.
Intel compiler engineers remain quite busy working not only on AVX10 family support but also plumbing in the Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) to be found with future Intel processors.
One of the features that was merged yesterday into the GCC compiler just before shifting to its 'bug fixing' phase of development was Intel's AVX10.1 support.