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Linux 6.15 Crypto Subsystem Delivers Faster AES-CTR For AMD Zen 5 & Other x86_64 CPUs
The cryptography subsystem updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 merge window are quite exciting with some optimizations for modern x86_64 Intel/AMD processors enticing us the most.
The cryptography subsystem updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 merge window are quite exciting with some optimizations for modern x86_64 Intel/AMD processors enticing us the most. Most significant to end-users with these crypto updates is the new VAES-based AES-CTR optimized version for benefiting newer Intel and AMD processors. And it builds upon many other nice crypto optimizations in recent kernel versions for different algorithms to further accelerate the performance on x86_64 processors.
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