Open Source

The free and open source HandBrake transcoding utility gains AV1 encoding support in its 1.6.0 update. Users with Intel QSV or Arc hardware can benefit from HW accelerated encoding.

The open-source Linux graphics library Mesa3D has released a new update featuring support for AMD's new RDNA3 graphics architecture, allowing RX 7000 GPUs to run Vulkan games on Linux.

Californian RISC-V specialist SiFive has unveiled the P670 and P470, two new chips that use the open-source architecture.

A tiny Compute Module 4 carrier board has emerged, in the form of the open-source PicoBerry by Mirko Electronics

Alibaba's Roma RISC-V laptop can now be purchased, marking the first time the open-source CPU architecture has appeared in an ultraportable.

Google to finance production of open-source chips for emerging applications.

AMD keeps providing the goods with its open-source alternative to NVIDIA's DLSS, heating up the supersampling tech wars.

Maker Anil, aka one_free_man_, has created an open-source portable handheld that runs DietPi and works as a music player.

A partnership between OKdo and Radxa means Rock boards should be easier to source.