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UEFI HTTP and HTTPs Boot in U-Boot image

Maxim Uvarov

UEFI HTTP and HTTPs Boot in U-Boot

Monday, October 16, 2023

UEFI HTTP boot simplifies the network boot process by allowing the firmware to retrieve operating system images and EFI executables directly from an HTTP server. This eliminates the...

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Improvements to GCC’s code-gen for vector initialization on AArch64 image

Prathamesh Kulkarni

Improvements to GCC’s code-gen for vector initialization on AArch64

Monday, October 9, 2023

13 mins read

The blog post is about Linaro TCWG's improvements to code-gen in GCC for NEON vector initialization on AArch64 target. The post details a few examples of the improvements, and the...

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Linaro reference devboards boot Android 14 on the day of its release image

Amit Pundir

Linaro reference devboards boot Android 14 on the day of its release

Thursday, October 5, 2023

2 mins read

Android14 boots on Linaro reference devboards on the day of its release

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Introducing 1.0.0-beta release of WindowsPerf Visual Studio extension image

Nader Zouaoui

Introducing 1.0.0-beta release of WindowsPerf Visual Studio extension

Monday, October 2, 2023

6 mins read

Introducing WindowsPerf 1.0.0-beta Visual Studio extension: Explore the new sampling feature for optimized code performance. Dive deep into what's already there, tutorial steps, and upcoming features in this Linaro open-source...

Windows On Arm

Ilias Apalodimas

UEFI SecureBoot in U-Boot

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

4 mins read

UEFI SecureBoot is a verification mechanism ensuring that code launched by a computer's firmware is cryptographically verified. It is designed to protect a system against malicious code being loaded and...

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Linaro Contributions to the 6.5 Linux Kernel Release image

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Linaro Contributions to the 6.5 Linux Kernel Release

Friday, September 15, 2023

4 mins read

In this blog post, we engage with Linaro Engineers who have been recognized by LWN as some of the most active developers in the 6.5 Kernel Release. We delve into...

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Journey to SystemReady compliance in U-Boot image

Ilias Apalodimas

Journey to SystemReady compliance in U-Boot

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

4 mins read

Back in 2016, rudimentary EFI support was merged into U-Boot. Basic EFI interfaces were added, but that was inadequate for Arms’ SystemReady-IR vision. Linaros’ Edge and Fog Computing group (LEDGE)...

Embedded Security SystemReady U-Boot UEFI

Introducing the WindowsPerf GUI: the Visual Studio 2022 extension image

Nader Zouaoui

Introducing the WindowsPerf GUI: the Visual Studio 2022 extension

Sunday, September 3, 2023

3 mins read

In this blog, learn about the WindowsPerf GUI, a powerful Visual Studio 2022 extension developed by the WindowsPerf team. Find out more about what exactly WindowsPerf is, and why we...

Windows On Arm

Everton Constantino

WindowsPerf Release 2.5.1

Thursday, August 31, 2023

6 mins read

In this blog we talk about the highlights from the WindowsPerf 2.5.1 release and show how this release continues the development of WindowsPerf and is sure to please users of...

Windows On Arm

Comparing LLVM Flang with other Fortran compilers

Thursday, August 24, 2023

7 mins read

This blog post discusses the performance of Flang, LLVM's Fortran compiler, which is under active development by TCWG. We have made significant progress in improving its performance, and we compare...

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