The W3C has officially released the PNG 3.0 specification, marking a significant update to the popular image format. The new specification formally incorporates native animation support and adds High Dynamic Range (HDR) capabilities, bringing the format in line with modern display technologies and industry practices that have evolved since the previous version was released in 2003.
Nvidia has released the DLSS Super Resolution and Ray Reconstruction SDK 310.3.0, bringing significant optimizations that reduce video memory (VRAM) usage by approximately 20%. The update also moves the DLSS Transformer Model from beta to official release status, marking a major milestone for this new AI architecture designed to improve stability and motion detail in games.
Nvidia has officially confirmed that the upcoming R580 driver series will be the last to support GPUs based on the Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures. This announcement, posted on Nvidia's developer forums, signals the end of driver updates for these older GPU generations as the company focuses on supporting newer hardware platforms.
Samsung has officially released the specifications for its next-generation flagship mobile processor, the Exynos 2500. Built on Samsung's cutting-edge 3nm Gate All Around (GAA) process, the new chip features a deca-core CPU configuration, improved AI capabilities, and significant graphics enhancements through its collaboration with AMD.
Intel and Canonical have revealed that disabling security mitigations in Intel's GPU compute stack can yield up to a 20% performance boost for OpenCL and Level Zero workloads. Canonical is preparing to disable these mitigations in Ubuntu packages to reclaim the lost performance, with the changes likely to arrive in Ubuntu 25.10.