Linus Torvalds: I hope the Intel AVX-512 ‘dies a painful death’

Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds expects to see the end of Intel’s 512-bit vector extensions and admits he has an “irrational hatred” of the floating point (FP) benchmarks used to demonstrate their value. Torvalds criticized the instructions for the Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (AVX-512) in a mailing list chat. …

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Why Tesla’s shares rose again on Monday

What happened Another day, another new stop for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) values. Shares of the electric car maker soared to 16.2% on Monday. At 11:50 amEDT, the stock rose approximately 12%. This raises the shares more than 600% in the last 12 months and more than 300% to date. Shares …

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