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AMD RX 6000 Series GPUs To Support the AV1 Codec
By Aaron Klotz published
Microsoft announced that AMD's RX 6000 series GPUs will support the AV1 codec.
Retro Raspberry Pi Floppy Disk Walkman
By Les Pounder published
A Raspberry Pi based floppy disk personal audio player, because why not?
H.266 VCC Video Codec Promises to Cut File Sizes in Half
By Zhiye Liu published
Fraunhofer HHI has announced the new H.266 or Versatile Video Coding (VVC) codec to succeed H.265 / HEVC.
Bluetooth SIG Announces the 'Next Generation of Bluetooth Audio'
By Nathaniel Mott published
Bluetooth SIG announced the "next generation of Bluetooth audio," the fittingly named LE Audio, at CES 2020.

Intel Optimizes SVT-VP9 Encoder for AMD's EPYC
By Nathaniel Mott published
Intel updated the open source SVT-VP9 encoder with optimizations for AMD's EPYC processors, along with other AVX2 CPUs,

Linux 5.3 Will Address Crackling Audio on AMD PCs
By Nathaniel Mott published
Linux 5.3 will temporarily address issues with audio input that have affected systems that rely on AMD chipsets and Realtek audio codecs since at least 2017.

Samsung's 7nm Exynos 9825 Updates Efficiency (But Not Much Else)
By Lucian Armasu published
Samsung announced the Exynos 9825, a refresh of the Exynos 9820 SoC. It's built on the company's 7nm EUV process for significant power efficiency improvements.

Intel Releases Open Source Encoder for Next-Gen AV1 Codec
By Lucian Armasu published
Intel released its open source encoding software for the AV1 video codec, called SVT-AV1.
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