Intel's Aurora Supercomputer Debuts On TOP500 In Spot #2

The Aurora supercomputer originally was supposed to be completed by Intel and Cray/HPE for the Argonne National Laboratory back in 2018. Now at the end of 2023, it's made its first debut on the TOP500 list... But only as a partial deployment and is coming in at spot number two...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TOP500-H2-2023-List

Intel's Mesa Shader Compiler Backend Scheduling Now ~30% Faster

With newly-merged optimizations to Mesa 24.0-devel, the Intel shader compiler back-end is seeing its scheduling code execute around 30% faster. This big speed-up comes due to overhauling how they store pass information and reusing that for multiple pre-RA scheduling modes...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Shader-Compiler-Sched-30p

Blender 4.0 Released For This Incredible Open-Source 3D Modeling Software

After a one week delay, Blender 4.0 is now available as the latest major update to this leading open-source and cross platform 3D modeling software...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-4.0-Released

Rust-Written NAK Compiler Merged For Nouveau/NVK In Mesa 24.0

Merged overnight to Mesa 24.0 is the Rust-written NAK compiler back-end for the Nouveau Gallium3D driver and NVK Vulkan driver...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NAK-Merged-Mesa-24.0