The ability in Linux to bind one or more processes to one or more processors, called CPU affinity, is a long-requested feature. The idea is to say “always run this process on processor one” or “run ...

The latest version of the Linux kernel has been released – bringing with it support for SSD caching and a performance boost for some server workloads. The 3.9 release, made available by Linus Torvalds ...

These days, Intel's name is Mud in various circles because of the Spectre/Meltdown CPU flaws and other similar hardware issues that seem to be emerging as well. But, there was a recent discussion ...