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Phoronix Reports Firefox 159 Release Cuts Memory Use on AMD Linux Graphics
According to Phoronix, Firefox 159 has been released with a graphics fix addressing excessive memory use on AMD hardware under Linux.
What the report says
Phoronix is the only outlet cited for this account, which describes the Firefox 159 release as including a change aimed at memory consumption that had grown too high on AMD graphics under Linux. The facts available to WORLDTECH do not describe how the change works or how large its effect is.
AMD is an electrical and semiconductor company headquartered in Sunnyvale and founded in 1969. Its portfolio includes graphics processing units, the category of hardware the fix concerns.
Open questions
- How much memory use does the fix reduce in practice?
- Which AMD graphics hardware and Linux configurations are affected?