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Apple finally included a telephoto lens in its iPhone 15 Pro Max last year, with the upgrade extended to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. This is just one of the many examples of how the Cupertino firm adopts various standards much later than the competition, likely because it wants to offer the best configuration to customers. One other technology that the company is said to bring for the iPhone 18 that rivals like Samsung introduced years ago is variable aperture for the main camera, and according to one analyst, another supplier will provide these parts. Sunny […]
The use of TSMC’s second-generation 3nm process for the M4 series has made Apple’s latest chipsets more thermally efficient, but that does not mean that a capable cooling solution should be ignored from the rest of the hardware configuration. In fact, depending on how robust that solution is, we can actually get more performance from the M4, as demonstrated in the latest Premiere Pro 4K Export test, where the redesigned Mac mini is faster than Apple’s updated 14-inch MacBook Pro. However, one other hardware ends up taking the crown, and we will discuss why this is happening. The 24-inch M4 […]
The famous open-source platform MESA on Linux has pushed out CPU-based ray tracing for its Vulkan driver, opening new performance possibilities on the OS. MESA's Latest Attempt To Improve Performance at Linux Now Features CPU-Based Ray Tracing Support Well, CPU-based ray tracing isn't a term we hear every day, mainly because it is generally limited compared to those we see with GPUs. However, some CPUs, mostly the higher-end ones, work out perfectly fine for low-intensive RT tasks. Phoronix reports that the MESA Lavapipe driver has received support for CPU-based ray tracing, which means that Linux users will now have another […]
The open-source MESA platform has received its new quarterly update, bringing in significant performance improvements to the RADV & Intel ANV Vulkan drivers. MESA Finally Brings In Initial Support For Imagination's PowerVR Rogue Architecture, Prompting Open-Source Development While Also Boosting RADV RT Performance For AMD Radeon GPUs Developers maintaining MESA have done a fabulous job in making the platform competitive with mainstream offerings through continuous optimizations and updates. Just recently, we saw the RADV Vulkan driver scoring huge ray-tracing gains, showing the dedication of MESA developers. However, this time, the new version 24.0 is an all-rounded update, providing both Intel […]
MESA's RADV Vulkan driver on Linux will be receiving new round of performance updates centered around VKD3D-Proton & AMD's FSR 3. Open-Source Developers at MESA Implement Widespread Optimizations On The RADV Driver, Targeting AMD FSR 3 & VKD3D-Proton Developers of the open-source MESA driver have ramped up developments on the RADV driver for AMD's Radeon "RDNA 3" GPUs, reports Phoronix. The platform will witness optimizations targeting the VKD3D-Proton by improving the MSAD instruction use, and it could see a significant boost in overall performance. For those who are unaware of VKD3D-Proton, it is an open-source project that aims to provide […]
AMD's Radeon GPUs are witnessing some huge ray tracing performance gains with the latest MESA RADV Vulkan drivers. Steady Optimizations & Development Have Put The RADV Vulkan Way Ahead of AMD's "AMDVLK" Drivers, Up To 200% Ray-Tracing Gain With Radeon GPUs The RADV Vulkan driver designed for AMD's graphics cards has started to see big improvements in recent times, especially when it comes to hardware support, constant optimization, and bug fixes. Ray-tracing in Linux is something that has always been held back due to a lack of "mature" driver and software resources, but it looks like MESA has your back, […]
MESA, the open-source OpenGL & Vulkan API library, has received the NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver along with AMD RDNA 3.5 GPU support in the latest 23.3 release. MESA 23.3 Brings in NVIDIA Vulkan & RDNA 3.5 Enablement, Shaping Up To Be a Viable Alternative to Mainstream Drivers The new MESA 23.3 update has come with exciting bits, starting with the introduction of NVIDIA's Vulkan "NVK" driver, which is supported by utilizing the Nouveau DRM kernel driver. For Linux users who are intrigued by the "open-source" developments on the platform, this is indeed a huge piece of news, since it would […]
As part of its Q2 FY 2025 financial presentation, SEGA has announced the sale of Amplitude Studios, the Paris-based studio known as the developer of Endless Space, Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, Endless Space 2, Humankind, and more recently, Endless Dungeon. SEGA explained this concludes its wave of restructuring the European business, which previously included the sale of Relic Entertainment and substantial layoffs. The Group recorded an extraordinary loss of approximately ¥5.9 billion ($38.7 million) in the second quarter for the fiscal year due to the sale of overseas development studio Amplitude Studios SAS through a management buyout. [...] […]
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The famous open-source platform MESA on Linux has pushed out CPU-based ray tracing for its Vulkan driver, opening new performance possibilities on the OS. MESA's Latest Attempt To Improve Performance at Linux Now Features CPU-Based Ray Tracing Support Well, CPU-based ray tracing isn't a term we hear every day, mainly because it is generally limited compared to those we see with GPUs. However, some CPUs, mostly the higher-end ones, work out perfectly fine for low-intensive RT tasks. Phoronix reports that the MESA Lavapipe driver has received support for CPU-based ray tracing, which means that Linux users will now have another […]
The open-source MESA platform has received its new quarterly update, bringing in significant performance improvements to the RADV & Intel ANV Vulkan drivers. MESA Finally Brings In Initial Support For Imagination's PowerVR Rogue Architecture, Prompting Open-Source Development While Also Boosting RADV RT Performance For AMD Radeon GPUs Developers maintaining MESA have done a fabulous job in making the platform competitive with mainstream offerings through continuous optimizations and updates. Just recently, we saw the RADV Vulkan driver scoring huge ray-tracing gains, showing the dedication of MESA developers. However, this time, the new version 24.0 is an all-rounded update, providing both Intel […]
MESA's RADV Vulkan driver on Linux will be receiving new round of performance updates centered around VKD3D-Proton & AMD's FSR 3. Open-Source Developers at MESA Implement Widespread Optimizations On The RADV Driver, Targeting AMD FSR 3 & VKD3D-Proton Developers of the open-source MESA driver have ramped up developments on the RADV driver for AMD's Radeon "RDNA 3" GPUs, reports Phoronix. The platform will witness optimizations targeting the VKD3D-Proton by improving the MSAD instruction use, and it could see a significant boost in overall performance. For those who are unaware of VKD3D-Proton, it is an open-source project that aims to provide […]
AMD's Radeon GPUs are witnessing some huge ray tracing performance gains with the latest MESA RADV Vulkan drivers. Steady Optimizations & Development Have Put The RADV Vulkan Way Ahead of AMD's "AMDVLK" Drivers, Up To 200% Ray-Tracing Gain With Radeon GPUs The RADV Vulkan driver designed for AMD's graphics cards has started to see big improvements in recent times, especially when it comes to hardware support, constant optimization, and bug fixes. Ray-tracing in Linux is something that has always been held back due to a lack of "mature" driver and software resources, but it looks like MESA has your back, […]
MESA, the open-source OpenGL & Vulkan API library, has received the NVIDIA NVK Vulkan driver along with AMD RDNA 3.5 GPU support in the latest 23.3 release. MESA 23.3 Brings in NVIDIA Vulkan & RDNA 3.5 Enablement, Shaping Up To Be a Viable Alternative to Mainstream Drivers The new MESA 23.3 update has come with exciting bits, starting with the introduction of NVIDIA's Vulkan "NVK" driver, which is supported by utilizing the Nouveau DRM kernel driver. For Linux users who are intrigued by the "open-source" developments on the platform, this is indeed a huge piece of news, since it would […]