CUDA 13.4 Brings Windows on Arm to RTX Spark
The toolkit that makes RTX Spark laptops buildable before they ship, a first Rubin preview, and a Linux install that stops carrying its own driver.
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The CMP 170HX Gives Back 56GB, and Hydra Lifts RTX 50’s Memory Ceiling
A GPL tool restores the HBM2e NVIDIA disabled on the CMP 170HX mining card, and Hydra's preview build raises RTX 50 memory clocks and power limits. What each one unlocks, and what it costs to use.
A Two-Instruction Gap in AMD’s Spectre v2 Defense, Now Closed
MIT researchers found a two-instruction timing gap that let interrupts defeat AMD's Safe RET mitigation on Zen 1 through Zen 4. The kernel fix was already merged before disclosure; separately, Linux 7.2-rc6 untangles a Zen 5/Zen 6 ID mixup.
A Legion Go BIOS Is Bricking Handhelds, and NVIDIA Joins the Linux Firmware Pipeline
Owners report Lenovo's N3CN42WW BIOS leaving first-generation Legion Go handhelds unbootable, NVIDIA becomes the fourth premier sponsor of LVFS, and Proton 11.0-2 lands as a release candidate.