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Blog posts tagged
"silicon"


Michael Hudson-Doyle
12 December 2023

Optimising Ubuntu performance on amd64 architecture

Ubuntu Article

Everyone wants the Linux distribution they are using to be fast. This is practically a content-free statement, of course: who would want their distro to be slow? But at the same time, what does it mean for your distribution to be fast? For example, Ubuntu 21.10 switched the default compression for packages to zstd, which ...


Canonical
29 November 2023

Canonical joins the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE)

Canonical announcements Article

Canonical is delighted to announce it is now a member of the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) to contribute to commercial readiness of open source software for RISC-V. Canonical’s commitment to RISE aligns with its broader mission to empower developers and businesses with open source solutions that enable them to build, deploy, and scale ...


Felicia Jia
24 October 2023

Canonical at RISC-V Summit 2023

Ubuntu Article

The RISC-V Summit is a premier annual event that brings together the global RISC-V community – including technical, industry, domain, ecosystem and special interest groups who define the architecture’s specifications. All the experts will meet in Santa Clara, California, to share technology breakthroughs, industry milestones, and case stu ...


Gabriel Aguiar Noury
11 October 2023

AMD Kria™ KR260 Robotics Starter Kit and Ubuntu: An exploration into future robotics development

Robotics Article

The robotics field is constantly evolving, and with AMD and Canonical’s collaboration, the trajectory towards a more adaptable and efficient robotics framework is shaping up. Last year, AMD introduced the Kria™ KR260 Robotics Kit. The board embodies the spirit of seamless integration, ensuring developers face fewer barriers when developin ...


Felicia Jia
19 September 2023

Canonical partners with AMD to enable Ubuntu on AMD Kria™ K24 SOMs

IoT Article

Canonical has partnered with AMD (since from when it was still Xilinx) for many years and we jointly deliver optimised/certified Ubuntu on multiple AMD device families, e.g. AMD Zynq™ UltraScale+™ evaluation boards and AMD Kria™ K26 SOMs (system-on-module). Canonical is pleased to announce Ubuntu is now enabled on AMD’s new Kria™ KD240 an ...


Felicia Jia
8 September 2023

Meet Canonical at Intel® Innovation 2023

Confidential computing Article

Intel® Innovation, one of Intel®’s flagship developer events, continues to span the worlds of architecture innovation, software tools and technology & research. Canonical is proud to be the silver sponsor in 2023 and will demonstrate our joint solutions from cloud to the edge.  As industry leaders in hardware and software, Intel and Canon ...


Canonical
10 May 2023

Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer

Ubuntu Partners

May 10, 2023: Canonical published the optimised Ubuntu release for StarFive’s VisionFive 2, the world’s first high-performance RISC-V single board computer (SBC) with an integrated GPU.  RISC-V, a new paradigm for open source hardware Open standards and collaboration are strategic to both hardware and software across industries and geogra ...


Canonical
14 March 2023

Canonical teams up with MediaTek to optimise Ubuntu for IoT innovations

Canonical announcements Article

14 March 2023, Embedded World, Nuremberg: Canonical today announced the first Ubuntu images optimised for MediaTek’s Genio 1200 System on Chip (SoC). The solution spurs AI innovation for enterprises, startups, emerging brands and leading ODMs in diverse markets. By partnering to enable Ubuntu on the Genio platform, MediaTek and Canonical ...


Canonical
14 March 2023

Canonical announces Ubuntu Core compatible with SystemReady IR Systems, highlights OS security with PSA Certified Level 1 achievement

Canonical announcements Article

Ubuntu Core, Arm SystemReady and PSA Certified are transforming how the industry think about connected edge devices, security and device compatibility. [14 March 2023, Embedded World, Nuremberg.] Canonical today announced its Ubuntu Core operating system (OS) is now compatible with the Arm® SystemReady™ IR system specification.  In additi ...


Canonical
8 March 2023

Canonical enables Ubuntu on Microchip’s PolarFire® SoC FPGA Icicle Kit RISC-V board

Canonical announcements Article

March 8, 2023: Canonical published the optimised Ubuntu release for the first RISC-V based SoC FPGA – Microchip’s PolarFire® SoC FPGA Icicle Kit, expanding support for the RISC-V open source community.  RISC-V, a new paradigm for open source hardware Open standards and collaboration are strategic to both hardware and software across indus ...


Canonical
13 December 2022

Ubuntu continues expanding RISC-V enablement in 2022

Silicon Article

Dec 13, 2022, RISC-V Summit, San Jose – Canonical joins the RISC-V summit again and showcases the progress achieved in 2022. Followed by the enablement of the first RISC-V board – SiFive Unmatched in 2021, Canonical Ubuntu continues to explore more opportunities with various partners.  Linux Made Easy on RISC-V with Ubuntu Open standards ...


Canonical
15 November 2022

Canonical announces new enterprise-grade Ubuntu images designed for Intel IoT platforms

Internet of Things Article

The optimised Ubuntu images target industrial computing on next-gen Intel SoCs 15 November 2022: Canonical announced today the availability of new enterprise-grade Ubuntu images designed for next-gen Intel IoT platforms. Purpose-built for industrial environments and use cases, the latest Ubuntu images on Intel hardware deliver the perform ...