Miguel Ojeda

New Capabilities

Overseeing Rust's transition from experimental to permanent kernel language

Linux kernel 7.0 is the first major version number change since 6.0 arrived in October 2022, and the software that quietly runs the majority of the world's servers, all 500 of the fastest supercomputers, and roughly 70% of the world's smartphones is getting two significant upgrades at once: the Rust programming language is now a permanent part of the kernel after a three-year experiment, and early support for Intel's Nova Lake and AMD's Zen 6 processors is being baked in before either chip has shipped.

Updated Mar 9