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31 <title>ARM is now backing Panfrost Gallium3D as open-source Mali graphics driver</title>
32 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132359/arm-is-now-backing-panfrost-gallium3d-as-open-source-mali-graphics-driver/</link>
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35 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
36 <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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40 <description><![CDATA[Most information presented during the annual X.Org Developers’ Conference doesn’t tend to be very surprising or ushering in breaking news, but during today’s XDC2020 it was subtly dropped that Arm Holdings appears to now be backing the open-source Panfrost Gallium3D driver. Panfrost has been developed over the past several years as what began as a reverse-engineered effort by Alyssa Rosenzweig to support Arm Mali Bifrost and Midgard hardware. This driver had a slow start but Rosenzweig has been employed by Collabora for a while now and they’ve been making steady progress on supporting newer Mali hardware and advancing the supported OpenGL / GLES capabilities of the driver. This is a major departure from previous policy for ARM, since the company always shied away from open source efforts around its Mali GPUs.]]></description>
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42 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Most information presented during the annual X.Org Developers’ Conference doesn’t tend to be very surprising or ushering in breaking news, but during today’s XDC2020 it was subtly dropped that <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Arm-Panfrost-Going-Official">Arm Holdings appears to now be backing the open-source Panfrost Gallium3D driver</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=search&q=Panfrost">Panfrost</a> has been developed over the past several years as what began as a reverse-engineered effort by Alyssa Rosenzweig to support Arm Mali Bifrost and Midgard hardware. This driver had a slow start but Rosenzweig has been employed by Collabora for a while now and they’ve been making steady progress on supporting newer Mali hardware and advancing the supported OpenGL / GLES capabilities of the driver.</p></blockquote>
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55 <title>US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday</title>
56 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132356/us-will-ban-wechat-and-tiktok-downloads-on-sunday/</link>
57 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132356/us-will-ban-wechat-and-tiktok-downloads-on-sunday/#comments</comments>
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59 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
60 <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 01:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
61 <category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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64 <description><![CDATA[The Commerce Department plans to restrict access to TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration’s executive orders against the two apps are set to take effect. The Department said Friday that as of Sunday, any moves to distribute or maintain WeChat or TikTok on an app store will be prohibited. Apple and Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. While users who have already downloaded the apps may be able to continue using the software, the restrictions mean updated versions of the apps cannot be downloaded. This will hit American companies doing business in China hard, since virtually all consumer purchases there take place via WeChat.]]></description>
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66 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The Commerce Department plans to restrict access to TikTok and WeChat on Sunday as the Trump administration’s executive orders against the two apps <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/18/tech/tiktok-download-commerce/index.html">are set to take effect</a>.</p><p>The Department said Friday that as of Sunday, any moves to distribute or maintain WeChat or TikTok on an app store will be prohibited. Apple and Google didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.</p><p>While users who have already downloaded the apps may be able to continue using the software, the restrictions mean updated versions of the apps cannot be downloaded.</p></blockquote>
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79 <title>Rust on Haiku: the case of the disappearing deceased threads</title>
80 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132354/rust-on-haiku-the-case-of-the-disappearing-deceased-threads/</link>
81 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132354/rust-on-haiku-the-case-of-the-disappearing-deceased-threads/#comments</comments>
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83 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
84 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
85 <category><![CDATA[BeOS & Derivatives]]></category>
86 <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.osnews.com/?p=132354</guid>
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88 <description><![CDATA[For a long time I have been maintaining the build of the Rust compiler and development tools on Haiku. For this purpose, I maintain a separate tree with the Rust source, with some patches and specific build instructions. My ultimate end goal is to have Rust build on Haiku from the original source, without any specific patches or workarounds. Instead we are in the situation where we cannot build rust on Haiku itself (instead we need to cross-compile it), and we need a customization to be able to run the Rust compiler (rustc) and package manager (cargo) on Haiku. This summer my goal would be to find out the underlying issue, and fix it so that the patch will no longer be necessary in the future. Let’s go! There seems to be quite a bit of excitement around the Rust programming language, so it makes sense for Haiku to jump on the bandwagon as well.]]></description>
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90 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>For a long time I have been maintaining the build of the Rust compiler and development tools on Haiku. For this purpose, I maintain a separate tree with the Rust source, with some patches and specific build instructions. My ultimate end goal is to have Rust build on Haiku from the original source, without any specific patches or workarounds. Instead we are in the situation where we cannot build rust on Haiku itself (instead we need to cross-compile it), and we need a customization to be able to run the Rust compiler (<code>rustc</code>) and package manager (<code>cargo</code>) on Haiku. This summer my goal would be to find out the underlying issue, and fix it so that the patch will no longer be necessary in the future. <a href="https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/nielx/2020-09-06_rust_on_haiku_the_case_of_the_disappearing_deceased_threads/">Let’s go</a>!</p></blockquote>
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103 <title>Intel’s Tiger Lake 11th Gen Core i7-1185G7 review and deep dive: baskin’ for the exotic</title>
104 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132352/intels-tiger-lake-11th-gen-core-i7-1185g7-review-and-deep-dive-baskin-for-the-exotic/</link>
105 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132352/intels-tiger-lake-11th-gen-core-i7-1185g7-review-and-deep-dive-baskin-for-the-exotic/#respond</comments>
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108 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
109 <category><![CDATA[Intel]]></category>
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112 <description><![CDATA[The big notebook launch for Intel this year is Tiger Lake, its upcoming 10nm platform designed to pair a new graphics architecture with a nice high frequency for the performance that customers in this space require. Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered the microarchitecture as presented by Intel at its latest Intel Architecture Day 2020, as well as the formal launch of the new platform in early September. The missing piece of the puzzle was actually testing it, to see if it can match the very progressive platform currently offered by AMD’s Ryzen Mobile. Today is that review, with one of Intel’s reference design laptops. AnandTech’s deep dive into Intel’s new platform, which is the first chip to use Intel’s much-improved graphics processor.]]></description>
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114 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The big notebook launch for Intel this year is Tiger Lake, its upcoming 10nm platform designed to pair a new graphics architecture with a nice high frequency for the performance that customers in this space require. Over the past few weeks, we’ve covered the microarchitecture as presented by Intel at its latest Intel Architecture Day 2020, as well as the formal launch of the new platform in early September. The missing piece of the puzzle was actually testing it, to see if it can match the very progressive platform currently offered by AMD’s Ryzen Mobile. <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/16084/intel-tiger-lake-review-deep-dive-core-11th-gen">Today is that review</a>, with one of Intel’s reference design laptops.</p></blockquote>
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127 <title>iOS 14, iPadOS 14 released</title>
128 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132350/ios-14-ipados-14-released/</link>
129 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132350/ios-14-ipados-14-released/#comments</comments>
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131 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
132 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 21:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
133 <category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
134 <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.osnews.com/?p=132350</guid>
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136 <description><![CDATA[Apple has released iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, the newest operating system updates designed for the iPhone and iPad. As with all of Apple’s software updates, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 can be downloaded for free. iOS 14 is available on the iPhone 6s and later, while iPadOS 14 is available on the iPad Air 2 and later. The link contains all the information you’d ever want – including the most prominent new features. As always, Apple manages to release their latest operating system update for quite a few older devices as well – the iPhone 6s is 5 years old, so this adds another year to its useful life span for people who don’t always need, want, or can afford the latest and greatest.]]></description>
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138 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/16/apple-releases-ios-14/">Apple has released iOS 14 and iPadOS 14</a>, the newest operating system updates designed for the iPhone and iPad. As with all of Apple’s software updates, iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 can be downloaded for free. iOS 14 is available on the iPhone 6s and later, while iPadOS 14 is available on the iPad Air 2 and later.</p></blockquote>
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142 <p>The link contains all the information you’d ever want – including the most prominent new features. As always, Apple manages to release their latest operating system update for quite a few older devices as well – the iPhone 6s is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_6S">5</a> years old, so this adds another year to its useful life span for people who don’t always need, want, or can afford the latest and greatest.</p>
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151 <title>IBM open sources its A2O POWER processor core through the OpenPOWER Foundation</title>
152 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132348/ibm-open-sources-its-a2o-power-processor-core-through-the-openpower-foundation/</link>
153 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132348/ibm-open-sources-its-a2o-power-processor-core-through-the-openpower-foundation/#comments</comments>
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155 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
156 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
157 <category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
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160 <description><![CDATA[The A2O core is an out-of-order, multi-threaded, 64-bit POWER ISA core that was developed as a processor for customization and embedded use in system-on-chip (SoC) devices. It’s most suitable for single thread performance optimization. A follow-up to its parent high-streaming throughput A2I predecessor, it maintains the same modular design approach and fabric structure. The Auxiliary Execution Unit (AXU) is tightly-coupled to the core, enabling many possibilities for special-purpose designs for new markets tackling the challenges of modern workloads. Intel’s current troubles and the rise in popularity of alternatives is creating a very rare and ever so small opportunity for smaller ISAs to gain some traction. I’ll take what I can get in our current stratified technology market.]]></description>
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162 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>The <a href="https://openpowerfoundation.org/openpower-foundation-introduces-ibm-hardware-and-software-contributions-at-openpower-summit-2020/">A2O core is an out-of-order</a>, multi-threaded, 64-bit POWER ISA core that was developed as a processor for customization and embedded use in system-on-chip (SoC) devices. It’s most suitable for single thread performance optimization. A follow-up to its parent high-streaming throughput A2I predecessor, it maintains the same modular design approach and fabric structure. The Auxiliary Execution Unit (AXU) is tightly-coupled to the core, enabling many possibilities for special-purpose designs for new markets tackling the challenges of modern workloads.</p></blockquote>
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175 <title>Red Hat has been working on new NVFS file system</title>
176 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132346/red-hat-has-been-working-on-new-nvfs-file-system/</link>
177 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132346/red-hat-has-been-working-on-new-nvfs-file-system/#comments</comments>
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179 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
180 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 22:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
181 <category><![CDATA[Red Hat]]></category>
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184 <description><![CDATA[Yet another new file-system being worked on for the Linux/open-source world is NVFS and has been spearheaded by a Red Hat engineer. NVFS aims to be a speedy file-system for persistent memory like Intel Optane DCPMM. NVFS is geared for use on DAX-based (direct access) devices and maps the entire device into a linear address space that bypasses the Linux kernel’s block layer and buffer cache. I understood some of those words.]]></description>
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186 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Red-Hat-NVFS-File-System">Yet another new file-system being worked on</a> for the Linux/open-source world is NVFS and has been spearheaded by a Red Hat engineer.</p><p>NVFS aims to be a speedy file-system for persistent memory like Intel Optane DCPMM. NVFS is geared for use on DAX-based (direct access) devices and maps the entire device into a linear address space that bypasses the Linux kernel’s block layer and buffer cache.</p></blockquote>
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199 <title>“I have blood on my hands”: a whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political manipulation</title>
200 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132343/i-have-blood-on-my-hands-a-whistleblower-says-facebook-ignored-global-political-manipulation/</link>
201 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132343/i-have-blood-on-my-hands-a-whistleblower-says-facebook-ignored-global-political-manipulation/#comments</comments>
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203 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
204 <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
205 <category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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208 <description><![CDATA[Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News. The 6,600-word memo, written by former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang, is filled with concrete examples of heads of government and political parties in Azerbaijan and Honduras using fake accounts or misrepresenting themselves to sway public opinion. In countries including India, Ukraine, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador, she found evidence of coordinated campaigns of varying sizes to boost or hinder political candidates or outcomes, though she did not always conclude who was behind them. Facebook needs to be investigated, broken up, and its executives prosecuted. I don’t care who does it – the United States, the European Union – but it’s clear this company is one of the very worst excesses of the tech industry’s arrogance and dominance, and it needs to be held accountable.]]></description>
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210 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo">according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee</a> and obtained by BuzzFeed News.</p><p>The 6,600-word memo, written by former Facebook data scientist Sophie Zhang, is filled with concrete examples of heads of government and political parties in Azerbaijan and Honduras using fake accounts or misrepresenting themselves to sway public opinion. In countries including India, Ukraine, Spain, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador, she found evidence of coordinated campaigns of varying sizes to boost or hinder political candidates or outcomes, though she did not always conclude who was behind them.</p></blockquote>
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223 <title>Nvidia nears deal to buy chip designer Arm for more than $40 billion, sources say</title>
224 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132340/nvidia-nears-deal-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-more-than-40-billion-sources-say/</link>
225 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132340/nvidia-nears-deal-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-more-than-40-billion-sources-say/#comments</comments>
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227 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
228 <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
229 <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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232 <description><![CDATA[Update: it’s official now – NVIDIA is buying ARM. Original story: Nvidia Corp is close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp for more than $40 billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. A cash and stock deal for Arm could be announced as early as next week, the sources said. That will create one hell of a giant chip company, but at the same time – what alternatives are there? ARM on its own probably won’t make it, SoftBank has no clue what to do with ARM, and any of the other major players – Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft – would be even worse, since they all have platforms to lock you into, and ARM would be a great asset in that struggle. At least NVIDIA just wants to sell as many chips to as many people as possible, and isn’t that interested in locking you into a platform. That being said – who knows? Often, the downsides to deals like this don’t come out until years later. We’ll just have to wait and see.]]></description>
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234 <p><em><strong>Update:</strong> it’s official now – <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/13/21435507/nvidia-acquiring-arm-40-billion-chips-ai-deal">NVIDIA is buying ARM</a>.</em></p>
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242 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Nvidia Corp is <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia/nvidia-nears-deal-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-more-than-40-billion-sources-idUKKBN2630XH">close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings</a> from SoftBank Group Corp for more than $40 billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry, according to two people familiar with the matter.</p><p>A cash and stock deal for Arm could be announced as early as next week, the sources said.</p></blockquote>
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246 <p>That will create one hell of a giant chip company, but at the same time – what alternatives are there? ARM on its own probably won’t make it, SoftBank has no clue what to do with ARM, and any of the other major players – Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft – would be even worse, since they all have platforms to lock you into, and ARM would be a great asset in that struggle. At least NVIDIA just wants to sell as many chips to as many people as possible, and isn’t <em>that</em> interested in locking you into a platform.</p>
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250 <p>That being said – who knows? Often, the downsides to deals like this don’t come out until years later. We’ll just have to wait and see.</p>
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259 <title>Huawei’s Harmony OS is coming to smartphones, with code release promised for October 2021</title>
260 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132338/huaweis-harmony-os-is-coming-to-smartphones-with-code-release-promised-for-october-2021/</link>
261 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132338/huaweis-harmony-os-is-coming-to-smartphones-with-code-release-promised-for-october-2021/#comments</comments>
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263 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
264 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
265 <category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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268 <description><![CDATA[Huawei has been in a tight spot in the past couple of years, and their situation keeps getting tighter. But the Chinese giant has no intention of going anywhere, at least not without putting up a good fight. Last year, at HDC 2019, Huawei had announced its own first-party operating system, Harmony OS, showing off an important piece of its vision for the future. Harmony OS was shown off first on the Honor Vision Smart TV, and Huawei remained committed to Android at the time for its smartphone needs. The company reiterated those plans again in December 2019. But recent developments have forced the company to rethink its strategy. At HDC 2020, Huawei has now announced that Harmony OS will come to smartphones after all, with an expected beta SDK by the end of 2020, and a phone release around October 2021. We will probably not see much of this operating system here in the west, but I’m still intrigued. It’s entirely custom – not based on Linux – and they’ve been working on it for quite a while now. I have no interest in it from a general use perspective since I doubt it will be very useful here in the west, but am incredibly curious to see what they’re cooking up.]]></description>
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270 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Huawei has been in a tight spot in the past couple of years, and their situation keeps getting tighter. But the Chinese giant has no intention of going anywhere, at least not without putting up a good fight. Last year, at HDC 2019, Huawei had announced its own first-party operating system, Harmony OS, showing off an important piece of its vision for the future. Harmony OS was shown off first on the Honor Vision Smart TV, and Huawei remained committed to Android at the time for its smartphone needs. The company <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/huaweis-harmony-os-coming-more-devices-next-year-not-smartphones-tablets/">reiterated those plans again in December 2019</a>. But <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/usa-further-tightens-restrictions-huawei-will-not-extend-temporary-general-license/">recent</a> <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-lg-display-stop-supplying-display-panels-huawei-us-restrictions/">developments</a> have forced the company to rethink its strategy. At HDC 2020, Huawei has now announced that <a href="https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-harmony-os-smartphones-expected-beta-sdk-late-2020/">Harmony OS will come to smartphones after all</a>, with an expected beta SDK by the end of 2020, and a phone release around October 2021.</p></blockquote>
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274 <p>We will probably not see much of this operating system here in the west, but I’m still intrigued. It’s <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/130484/huawei-unveils-harmonyos/">entirely custom</a> – not based on Linux – and they’ve been working on it for quite a while now. I have no interest in it from a general use perspective since I doubt it will be very useful here in the west, but am incredibly curious to see what they’re cooking up.</p>
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283 <title>Researchers demonstrate in-chip water cooling</title>
284 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132336/researchers-demonstrate-in-chip-water-cooling/</link>
285 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132336/researchers-demonstrate-in-chip-water-cooling/#comments</comments>
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287 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
288 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
289 <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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292 <description><![CDATA[As desktop processors were first crossing the Gigahertz level, it seemed for a while that there was nowhere to go but up. But clock speed progress eventually ground to a halt, not because of anything to do with the speed itself but rather because of the power requirements and the heat all that power generated. Even with the now-common fans and massive heatsinks, along with some sporadic water cooling, heat remains a limiting factor that often throttles current processors. Part of the problem with liquid cooling solutions is that they’re limited by having to get the heat out of the chip and into the water in the first place. That has led some researchers to consider running the liquid through the chip itself. Now, some researchers from Switzerland have designed the chip and cooling system as a single unit, with on-chip liquid channels placed next to the hottest parts of the chip. The results are an impressive boost in heat-limited performance. This seems like a very logical next step for watercooling and processor cooling in general, but this is far from easy. This article highlights that we are getting closer, though.]]></description>
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294 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>As desktop processors were first crossing the Gigahertz level, it seemed for a while that there was nowhere to go but up. But clock speed progress eventually ground to a halt, not because of anything to do with the speed itself but rather because of the power requirements and the heat all that power generated. Even with the now-common fans and massive heatsinks, along with some sporadic water cooling, heat remains a limiting factor that often throttles current processors.</p><p>Part of the problem with liquid cooling solutions is that they’re limited by having to get the heat out of the chip and into the water in the first place. That has led some researchers to consider running the liquid through the chip itself. Now, some researchers from Switzerland have designed the chip and cooling system as a single unit, with <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/09/researchers-demonstrate-in-chip-water-cooling/">on-chip liquid channels placed next to the hottest parts of the chip</a>. The results are an impressive boost in heat-limited performance.</p></blockquote>
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307 <title>Non-POSIX file systems</title>
308 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132333/non-posix-file-systems/</link>
309 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132333/non-posix-file-systems/#comments</comments>
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311 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
312 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 01:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
313 <category><![CDATA[OS News]]></category>
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316 <description><![CDATA[Operating systems and file systems have traditionally been developed hand in hand. They impose mutual constraints on each other. Today we have two major leaders in file system semantics: Windows and POSIX. They are very close to each other when compared to the full set of possibilities. Interesting things happened before POSIX monopolized file system semantics. When you use a file system through a library instead of going through the operating system there are some extra possibilities. You are no longer required to obey the host operating system’s semantics for filenames. You get to decide if you use / or \ to separate directory components (or something else altogether). Maybe you don’t even use strings for filenames. The fs-fatfs library uses a list of strings, so it’s up to the caller to define a directory separator for themselves. While working on that library, I was driven to write down some ideas that I’ve previously run across and found inspirational. A deep dive into file system hierarchies before the major platforms we used today – POSIX and Windows – became the two de-facto standards. Excellent article, and a joy to read.]]></description>
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318 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Operating systems and file systems have traditionally been developed hand in hand. They impose mutual constraints on each other. Today we have two major leaders in file system semantics: Windows and POSIX. They are very close to each other when compared to the full set of possibilities. Interesting things happened before POSIX monopolized file system semantics.</p><p>When you use a file system through a library instead of going through the operating system there are some extra possibilities. You are no longer required to obey the host operating system’s semantics for filenames. You get to decide if you use <code>/</code> or <code>\</code> to separate directory components (or something else altogether). Maybe you don’t even use strings for filenames. The <a href="https://gitlab.com/weinholt/fs-fatfs">fs-fatfs</a> library uses a list of strings, so it’s up to the caller to define a directory separator for themselves. While working on that library, I was driven to <a href="https://weinholt.se/articles/non-posix-filesystems/">write down some ideas that I’ve previously run across and found inspirational</a>.</p></blockquote>
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331 <title>Is anybody still using Windows 95 in 2020?</title>
332 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132331/is-anybody-still-using-windows-95-in-2020/</link>
333 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132331/is-anybody-still-using-windows-95-in-2020/#comments</comments>
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335 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
336 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
337 <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
338 <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.osnews.com/?p=132331</guid>
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340 <description><![CDATA[Before you click the link, please try and answer the question past the blurb. I am still using it at work, but not at home since 2001 when I upgraded to Windows 2000 – then I upgraded to XP in 2002 and this was the last Windows version I ran at home. After that I upgraded to Linux/Unix and have not had any reason to look back. So, this person is still using Windows 95 at work today. Before clicking through – can you guess what this person’s job is?]]></description>
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346 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p><a href="https://www.quora.com/Is-anybody-still-using-Windows-95-in-2019/answer/Thomas-Tydal?share=1">I am still using it at work</a>, but not at home since 2001 when I upgraded to Windows 2000 – then I upgraded to XP in 2002 and this was the last Windows version I ran at home. After that I upgraded to Linux/Unix and have not had any reason to look back.</p></blockquote>
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359 <title>Android 11 released</title>
360 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132329/android-11-released/</link>
361 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132329/android-11-released/#comments</comments>
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363 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
364 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 19:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
365 <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category>
366 <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.osnews.com/?p=132329</guid>
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368 <description><![CDATA[Android 11 has arrived! The latest release is all about helping you get to what’s important on your phone with easier ways to help you manage your conversations, connected devices, privacy, and much more. In honor of the 11th version of Android, here are 11 new things that are coming in Android 11. That’s the Google PR blurb, and here’s the conclusion from The Verge’s review of Android 11: When (or, sadly, if) the update arrives on your Android phone, what you’ll find is that a few important things that used to get lost in the interface are now easier to find. You’ll also see that Android is still playing catch-up with iOS when it comes to privacy restrictions, but progress is nevertheless being made. Mostly, though, you’ll get a very familiar interface that does very familiar things. That’s not a complaint, just a recognition that Android 11 is a mature OS, so year-over-year improvements tend to be in the “slow and steady” category. Coming to a phone near you. At some point. Maybe. Who knows.]]></description>
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370 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p><a href="https://blog.google/products/android/android-11/">Android 11 has arrived</a>! The latest release is all about helping you get to what’s important on your phone with easier ways to help you manage your conversations, connected devices, privacy, and much more. In honor of the 11th version of Android, here are 11 new things that are coming in Android 11.</p></blockquote>
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391 <title>Arm announces Cortex-R82: first 64-bit realtime processor</title>
392 <link>https://www.osnews.com/story/132327/arm-announces-cortex-r82-first-64-bit-realtime-processor/</link>
393 <comments>https://www.osnews.com/story/132327/arm-announces-cortex-r82-first-64-bit-realtime-processor/#comments</comments>
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395 <dc:creator><![CDATA[Thom Holwerda]]></dc:creator>
396 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
397 <category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
398 <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.osnews.com/?p=132327</guid>
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400 <description><![CDATA[Arm is known for its Cortex range of processors in mobile devices, however the mainstream Cortex-A series of CPUs which are used as the primary processing units of devices aren’t the only CPUs which the company offers. Alongside the microcontroller-grade Cortex-M CPU portfolio, Arm also offers the Cortex-R range of “real-time” processors which are used in high-performance real-time applications. The last time we talked about a Cortex-R product was the R8 release back in 2016. Back then, the company proposed the R8 to be extensively used in 5G connectivity solutions inside of modem subsystems. Another large market for the R-series is storage solutions, with the Cortex-R processors being used in HDD and SSD controllers as the main processing elements. Today, Arm is expanding its R-series portfolio by introducing the new Cortex-R82, representing the company’s first 64-bit Armv8-R architecture processor IP, meaning it’s the first 64-bit real-time processor from the company. AnandTech and its usual deep dive into the intricacies of this new lineup from ARM. Obviously these kinds of chips are not something most people actively work with – we tend to merely use them, often even without realising it.]]></description>
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402 <blockquote class="wp-block-quote"><p>Arm is known for its Cortex range of processors in mobile devices, however the mainstream Cortex-A series of CPUs which are used as the primary processing units of devices aren’t the only CPUs which the company offers. Alongside the microcontroller-grade Cortex-M CPU portfolio, Arm also offers the Cortex-R range of “real-time” processors which are used in high-performance real-time applications. The last time we talked about a Cortex-R product was the <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/10049/arm-announces-cortex-r8">R8 release back in 2016</a>. Back then, the company proposed the R8 to be extensively used in 5G connectivity solutions inside of modem subsystems.</p><p>Another large market for the R-series is storage solutions, with the Cortex-R processors being used in HDD and SSD controllers as the main processing elements.</p><p>Today, Arm is <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/16056/arm-announces-cortexr82-first-64bit-real-time-processor">expanding its R-series portfolio by introducing the new Cortex-R82</a>, representing the company’s first 64-bit Armv8-R architecture processor IP, meaning it’s the first 64-bit real-time processor from the company.</p></blockquote>
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