Phoronix

And there's an interesting capacity trade-off.

Phoronix tested Arrow Lake on Ubuntu with DDR5 8000.

For memory bandwidth critical workloads, the fast kit was worth having.

But a two by 32 gigabyte DDR5 6400 CL34 kit performed close behind at similar cost, about $205 versus $190 So you're not automatically buying a win by chasing the highest number.

Anyway, it's a neat idea.

I saw some people on the Phronix forum in particular were like, I was hoping for something new and amazing, and instead we just got another Plan 9.

Well, yeah, I guess.

Another file system.

Anyway, it's a neat idea.

I saw some people on the Phronix forum in particular were like, I was hoping for something new and amazing, and instead we just got another Plan 9.

Well, yeah, I guess.

Another file system.

Um, but on the other hand, it is extra work to have your own distro really.

Um, and so there's a Phoronix article that goes off to a, um, another, another blog post from, uh, from Nate Graham, of course.

And so some, uh, some interesting stuff there as well, and he is, uh, also asking for people to help test.

Not a huge surprise.

And yes, 45 is now in beta, and so if you're real adventurous, you can just go out and grab it and run it.

I'm sort of tempted to on at least a couple of my machines here.

Um, but, uh, Michael Larabel over at Phoronix took the 45 Beta and decided to run some benchmarks against it, and in his own words, the results were boring.

But boring in the best possible way.