In recent years, researchers have discovered a multitude of vulnerabilities in x86, POWER and even ARM processors. In most cases, these problems have been resolved, with the detriment of performance, through patches at the level of firmware or software that have mitigated or canceled possible damages. For example, Meltdown, a security vulnerability that affects a wide range of systems, including[…]
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GNOME 3.34 released. Many performance improvements and new features
Highlights from this release include visual refreshes for a number of applications, including the desktop itself. The complete list of features and improvements are in the release notes. GNOME 3.34 is code-named “Thessaloniki” in recognition of the most recent GUADEC, held this past August in Thessaloniki, Greece. GNOME 3.34 contains six months of work by the GNOME community and includes[…]
Read moreHow to get over 1000H/s on CryptoNight-R algorithm with AMD RX series
The AMD Radeon RX 570/580 is one of the best and cheap mining cards. It can be pushed above 1000H/s mining with the CryptoNight algorithm and over 30MH/s on Ethereum mining. Out of the box at stock settings, this card does nothing on a single thread, but with some simple tweakings, you can boost its performance. Also, the power consumption[…]
Read moreHow to turn on Accelerated Compositing Layers on Firefox
Accelerated compositing is the best way to use the available graphics hardware, offloading the work required to composite the webpages from the various layers they contain. If you enable it in Firefox, the result will be better user experience and improved overall performance. Hardware accelerated compositing uses the Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) to accelerate certain elements as native video formats[…]
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