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Sixteen Claude AIs Build a Rust-C Compiler to Boot Linux Kernel
technology18 days ago

Sixteen Claude AIs Build a Rust-C Compiler to Boot Linux Kernel

Anthropic ran 16 Claude Opus 4.6 agents on a shared Git repo to autonomously build a Rust-based C compiler; over two weeks and about $20k in API fees, the system produced a compiler that can build major open-source projects and boot the Linux kernel across x86, ARM, and RISC-V, and it even runs Doom, with a 99% pass rate on GCC’s torture tests. The effort relied on autonomous agent teams, task locking, and bespoke test harnesses, but required substantial human scaffolding and faces notable limits (no 16-bit x86 backend, buggy assembler/linker, and degraded coherence beyond ~100k lines), illustrating both the promise and caveats of current multi-agent coding.

via Ars Technica|
#ai-agents#c-compiler#claude-opus-46
technology20 days ago

AI Team Constructs a 100k-Line C Compiler That Boots Linux on Multiple Architectures

Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 used a team of AI agents to assemble a ~100k-line C compiler in Rust that can build the Linux kernel on x86-64, ARM, and RISC-V after about 2,000 Claude Code sessions and $20k in API costs. It can bootstrap on several ports and run large workloads, but its code quality and efficiency lag GCC/LLVM and it relies on GCC for the 16‑bit bootstrap. The project has sparked debates over clean-room design and training-data provenance, while highlighting AI-assisted tooling as a research milestone rather than production-ready software.

via Hacker News|
#ai#claude#compiler
technology1 month ago

Linux 6.19 Kernel Benchmarks Showcasing X86_NATIVE_CPU Optimization

The article reports on benchmarks of the Linux 6.19 kernel with the X86_NATIVE_CPU optimization enabled on an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX system. While some slight performance improvements were observed in I/O and micro-benchmark tests, overall real-world workload benefits were minimal, indicating limited impact of this optimization on practical performance.

via Phoronix|
#amd-ryzen#benchmarks#linux-kernel
technology2 months ago

Linux Kernel 2025: Rust Integration and Security Enhancements

The article reviews the most significant Linux kernel developments in 2025, including increased Rust integration, community decisions on file systems like Bcachefs and Btrfs, hardware support updates, and Linus Torvalds' commentary on kernel policies and architecture proposals, highlighting ongoing innovation and challenges in kernel development.

via Phoronix|
#file-systems#kernel-development#linus-torvalds
technology2 months ago

Intel Linux Engineering Faces Setbacks in 2025

In 2025, Intel faced significant setbacks in its Linux and open-source efforts, including the shutdown of its performance-optimized Clear Linux distribution, layoffs leading to orphaned drivers and key engineers leaving, and ongoing restructuring impacting their Linux projects. Despite these challenges, some updates and benchmarks on Intel hardware and related open-source developments continued, but the overall outlook for Intel's Linux initiatives appears to be declining.

via Phoronix|
#clear-linux#intel#linux
technology3 months ago

Linux Kernel Considers Supporting Microsoft C Extensions

The Linux kernel is considering enabling the Microsoft C Extensions via the -fms-extensions compiler flag, which would allow for more flexible and potentially cleaner code by supporting non-standard C/C++ constructs used in Microsoft header files. Two patches are queued for the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel, and Linus Torvalds appears to be supportive, though some debate remains about adopting this change widely.

via Phoronix|
#fms-extensions#kbuild-next#linus-torvalds