CIQ Announces CIQ Linux Kernel and RLC Pro AI
CIQ has announced the CIQ Linux Kernel (CLK), an enterprise-grade Linux kernel built directly on upstream Long Term (LT) kernels.
According to the announcement, “new CPUs, GPUs, and network adapters from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and ARM-ecosystem vendors are enabled in CLK as they reach the upstream Long Term kernel. This reduces time-to-production and ensures hardware runs at its full capability.”
Other benefits of CLK include:
- Performance gains
- Energy efficiency
- Improved CVE coverage
- Support for emerging technology
- Rocky Linux userspace compatibility
The company also released Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro AI (RLC Pro AI), which it describes as “an enterprise Linux distribution purpose-built for AI inference and GPU-accelerated workloads.”
RLC Pro AI offers increased output from existing hardware, the company says, and ships with the CLK kernel, PyTorch flags, and CUDA preconfigured.
"Organizations are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to GPU infrastructure and running it on operating systems that were never designed for it. RLC Pro AI simplifies and de-risks AI infrastructure investments while driving cutting-edge performance and simplicity," says Gregory Kurtzer, CEO of CIQ and founder of Rocky Linux.
Read more at CIQ.
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