May 25, 2020 19:00:00

Linux creator parent Linus Torvalds changed the CPU of the main machine from Intel to AMD for the first time in 15 years

In the announcement of ' Linux 5.7-rc7 ', which is a release candidate version of the next Linux kernel 'Linux 5.7',

Linus Torvalds revealed that he has renewed his main machine. It is said that this machine is a machine other than Intel CPU for the first time in about 15 years for Mr. Torvalds.

LKML: Linus Torvalds: Linux 5.7-rc7
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/5/24/407

Linux 5.7-rc7 was a fairly compact package, and the fix didn't seem like a challenge, so Torvalds said, 'This week I was most excited about upgrading my main machine. That is the case. '

According to Torvalds, the CPU of the new PC is AMD's

3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper 3970X , and it seems that it will use a CPU other than Intel for the first time in about 15 years. As a result, allmodconfig is now three times faster than before.

It's unclear when Torvalds' previous main machine has been using it, but in May 2014, about 30 seconds for allmodconfing due to CPU page fault handling, `` waiting for the next pull. Is long and short to bring in coffee. It's frustrating. '

Linus Torvalds-Google+-One of the things I end up doing is do a lot of performance…
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Prior to Mr. Torvalds' switch to the AMD CPU, Greg Crow-Hartman, a major developer of the Linux kernel, is also switching to a Threadripper-based PC.

Building a Whisper-Quiet Threadripper PC For Greg Kroah-Hartman!-YouTube