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AMD Developer Discusses New Linux CPPC Drivers For Ryzen, Steam Deck

Computer ComponentBy admin 21 September 2021

In preparation for the Steam Deck launch in the coming months, AMD and Valve have been hard at work building a new CPU driver that will enhance the performance and power efficiency of Ryzen-based processors on the Linux platform. One of AMD’s developers, Ray Huang, shared details of the new driver in a presentation last…

AMD Finally Releases Overdue Linux CPPC Driver

Computer ComponentBy admin 9 September 2021

As reported by Phoronix, AMD’s Zen 3 architecture is getting support for the ACPI CPPC driver designed for Linux-based operating systems. The Collaborative Processor Performance Control driver allows Linux to see which cores have the highest boosting potential in a Ryzen CPU and target the highest boosting cores for single- or lightly-threaded workloads, a feature…