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Discussing PS5 Pro, RDNA 4, Arrow Lake, Zen 5, and XBOX w/ NXGamer (Guest Telegrams)

The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by Michael from NXGamer! Michael is an industry veteran who also happens to be one of the best hardware analyzers in the techtuber space, and thus it's always great to have him on to talk about BOTH console and PC gaming hardware.

Needless to say, we will be discussing the PS5 Pro and the state of XBOX a ton - but please put in Zen 5, Arrow Lake, RDNA 4, and Nvidia questions too!  He really can speak ab...

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October 2024 Loose Ends (Audio): Nvidia APU Early Leak, Ryzen 7 9800X3D Supply, AMD RDNA 4, PS5 Pro, Arrow Lake

Nvidia is going to compete with AMD & Apple in CPU sooner than you think…

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October 2024 Loose Ends (Video): Nvidia APU Early Leak, Ryzen 7 9800X3D Supply, AMD RDNA 4, PS5 Pro, Arrow Lake

Nvidia is going to compete with AMD & Apple in CPU sooner than you think…

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October Loose Ends Reader Mail

You guys know the drill! Over the past 4 weeks we have seen the following:

  • Battlemage Updates Leaked

  • Intel basically confirmed they are winding down dGPU

  • Griffin Cove was leaked

  • Pictures of the RTX 5080 16GB were leaked

  • Arrow Lake launched to Historically Terrible Reviews & near zero sales

  • Pictures of Strix Halo were Leaked

  • AMD launched the 9800X3D to fantastic reviews

  • P...

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Broken Silicon 282 (Video): Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review, Intel Arrow Lake DOA, RDNA 4 & FSR 4, AMD Strix Halo

We discuss Zen 5 X3D & Core Ultra Series 2 Reviews, and also upcoming RADEON & Nvidia products!

0:00 Nashville Weather, Daylight Savings Time (Intro Banter)

1:57 Sony's Remaster Plan (Corrections)

6:47 Arrow Lake is DOA

15:33 How did Intel waste 3 node shrinks?

25:43 Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review (We have the Data!)

38:40 AMD Strix Halo Pictured & Specs Confirmed!

46:00 Could Strix Halo be used for Threadripper?

50:24 AMD Zen 6 Medus...

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Broken Silicon 282: Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review, Intel Arrow Lake DOA, RDNA 4 & FSR 4, AMD Strix Halo

We discuss Zen 5 X3D & Core Ultra Series 2 Reviews, and also upcoming RADEON & Nvidia products!

0:00 Nashville Weather, Daylight Savings Time (Intro Banter)

1:57 Sony's Remaster Plan (Corrections)

6:47 Arrow Lake is DOA

15:33 How did Intel waste 3 node shrinks?

25:43 Ryzen 7 9800X3D Review (We have the Data!)

38:40 AMD Strix Halo Pictured & Specs Confirmed!

46:00 Could Strix Halo be used for Threadripper?

50:24 AMD Zen 6 Medus...

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Die Shrink 137 (Video): DEI in Silicon Valley – Separating Fact from Fiction

After Broken Silicon 281, we thought we needed to dig a little deeper into DEI.

0:00 Setting the Stage

7:26 Dan outlines his research

20:00 Intel has changed

27:34 Do we edit out political moments in podcasts?

https://thehill.com/opinion/4517470-dei-killed-the-chips-act/amp/

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Die Shrink 137: DEI in Silicon Valley – Separating Fact from Fiction

After Broken Silicon 281, we thought we needed to dig a little deeper into DEI.

0:00 Setting the Stage

7:26 Dan outlines his research

20:00 Intel has changed

27:34 Do we edit out political moments in podcasts?

https://thehill.com/opinion/4517470-dei-killed-the-chips-act/amp/

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Broken Silicon (Video): Intel Arrow Lake Failure, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD RDNA 4, PS5 Pro | Tech YES City

Bryan joins to discuss the state of Arrow Lake, Nvidia RTX 5000 series, RDNA 4, and PS5 Pro.

0:00 The Used GPU Market in 2024, Buying Mining Cards

9:43 AMD & Nvidia Refusing to Officially Drop Prices

15:42 Arrow Lake Analysis

25:20 Can Intel realistically "fix" Arrow Lake's Momentum?

35:30 Could AMD be working on a "Zen 5+" for 2025?

41:07 Will the i9-14900K be Intel's best gaming chip till Nova Lake?

46:51 RDNA 4, PS5 Pro, RTX 5090

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Broken Silicon: Intel Arrow Lake Failure, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD RDNA 4, PS5 Pro | Tech YES City

Bryan joins to discuss the state of Arrow Lake, Nvidia RTX 5000 series, RDNA 4, and PS5 Pro.

0:00 The Used GPU Market in 2024, Buying Mining Cards

9:43 AMD & Nvidia Refusing to Officially Drop Prices

15:42 Arrow Lake Analysis

25:20 Can Intel realistically "fix" Arrow Lake's Momentum?

35:30 Could AMD be working on a "Zen 5+" for 2025?

41:07 Will the i9-14900K be Intel's best gaming chip till Nova Lake?

46:51 RDNA 4, PS5 Pro, RTX 5090

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Discussing Arrow Lake, Zen 5, and next gen GPUs w/ Tech YES City

The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of Bryan from Tech YES City. Bryan has recently done reviews for Arrow Lake, put out extensive testing of Raptor Lake instability issues, and has A LOT to say about Zen 5 and upcoming GPU generations.

As often happens - this guest can be asked anything about anything! Just be respectful, use good grammar, and be as concise as possible to have your submissions considered.

Last time Bryan was on: 2024-10-26 07:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Broken Silicon 280 (Video): Intel Arrow Lake, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD RDNA 4 v ARC Battlemage, Nvidia RTX 5090

Is Arrow Lake cheap enough to compete with Zen 5? Is RDNA 4 what people wish Battlemage was?

0:00 Tom likes the band Young Mister & Dan’s dog doesn’t like Machines (Intro Banter)

3:28 Keyboard & Mouse on Console, Nintendo coming to PC (Corrections)

7:59 Intel Unveils Arrow Lake – Good competition for Zen 5?

24:30 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Specs & Release Date Confirmed!

31:38 Isn't the 9800X3D really competing with i7 & i5?

39:12 AMD ...

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Broken Silicon 280: Intel Arrow Lake, Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD RDNA 4 v ARC Battlemage, Nvidia RTX 5090

Is Arrow Lake cheap enough to compete with Zen 5? Is RDNA 4 what people wish Battlemage was?

0:00 Tom likes the band Young Mister & Dan’s dog doesn’t like Machines (Intro Banter)

3:28 Keyboard & Mouse on Console, Nintendo coming to PC (Corrections)

7:59 Intel Unveils Arrow Lake – Good competition for Zen 5?

24:30 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Specs & Release Date Confirmed!

31:38 Isn't the 9800X3D really competing with i7 & i5?

39:12 AMD ...

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Die Shrink 136 (Video): Arrow Lake Exhaustion, Shortage Mentalities, UE5 (Mail Bag 28 CLEANOUT!)

T&D discuss how tired they are of Intel failing, outdated mentalities, and Unreal Engine 5!

 

0:00 Dan’s NOT Sick, Arrow Lake Exhaustion

7:55 AMD VS Intel Financial Woes

15:57 Popping the AI Bubble

24:04 Unreal Engine 5 is ahead of its Time

26:36 How Microsoft can Defeat PS6

39:41 When will USB-C replace USB-A?

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Die Shrink 136: Arrow Lake Exhaustion, Shortage Mentalities, UE5 (Mail Bag 28 CLEANOUT!)

T&D discuss how tired they are of Intel failing, outdated mentalities, and Unreal Engine 5!

 

0:00 Dan’s NOT Sick, Arrow Lake Exhaustion

7:55 AMD VS Intel Financial Woes

15:57 Popping the AI Bubble

24:04 Unreal Engine 5 is ahead of its Time

26:36 How Microsoft can Defeat PS6

39:41 When will USB-C replace USB-A?

2024-10-18 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Broken Silicon 279 (Video): Intel Engineer explains BAD Arrow Lake Performance, Battlemage, AMD Zen 5 Turin

An Anonymous Intel Engineer joins to discuss what went wrong at Intel over the past decade.

0:00 Intel's Biggest Opportunities & Concerns

6:49 Intel Battlemage

19:32 Intel Alchemist - What was the sentiment before and after launch?

23:45 Can Intel feasibly catch up in AI or GPU?

34:21 What happened to Intel Adamantine?

41:35 How would you rate Pat Gelsinger as CEO?

45:03 How does AMD & Intel simulate performance for an architecture?

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Broken Silicon 279: Intel Engineer explains BAD Arrow Lake Performance, Battlemage, AMD Zen 5 Turin

An Anonymous Intel Engineer joins to discuss what went wrong at Intel over the past decade.

0:00 Intel's Biggest Opportunities & Concerns

6:49 Intel Battlemage

19:32 Intel Alchemist - What was the sentiment before and after launch?

23:45 Can Intel feasibly catch up in AI or GPU?

34:21 What happened to Intel Adamantine?

41:35 How would you rate Pat Gelsinger as CEO?

45:03 How does AMD & Intel simulate performance for an architecture?

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September 2024 Loose Ends: Intel Arrow Lake Analysis, Panther Lake DT Leak, AMD 9800X3D, Nvidia RTX 5090

Intel Arrow Lake has some huge red flags in their slides, and I have Panther Lake & Blackwell info!

0:00 Intro Babbling

1:25 Intel Arrow Lake Analysis

9:17 AMD R7 9800X3D Performance

17:30 (Leak) Arrow Lake uses the Meteor Lake-S IO Tile

19:40 Intel Panther Lake Desktop Leak!

22:20 Nvidia RTX 5000 is Ready NOW (but they won't launch it)

24:25 Arrow Lake Questions

33:19 AMD FSR 4

37:00 Intel Foundries

41:30 More Arrow Lake,...

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September 2024 Loose Ends (Video): Intel Arrow Lake Analysis, Panther Lake DT Leak, AMD 9800X3D, Nvidia RTX 5090

Intel Arrow Lake has some huge red flags in their slides, and I have Panther Lake & Blackwell info!

0:00 Intro Babbling

1:25 Intel Arrow Lake Analysis

9:17 AMD R7 9800X3D Performance

17:30 (Leak) Arrow Lake uses the Meteor Lake-S IO Tile

19:40 Intel Panther Lake Desktop Leak!

22:20 Nvidia RTX 5000 is Ready NOW (but they won't launch it)

24:25 Arrow Lake Questions

33:19 AMD FSR 4

37:00 Intel Foundries

41:30 More Arrow Lake,...

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Discussing Arrow Lake, Zen 5, and Xeon vs EPYC w/ Anonymous Intel Engineer

The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of the Anonymous Intel Engineer! Of course, we will be heavily discussing Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, Panther Lake, Zen 5, Turin, and Granite Rapids...but we can talk about anything from "the usual companies" you want!

This person is a veteran who can speak with authority about architectures while also having exposure to many different types of products that he himself is interested in - so don't be scared to ask anyth...

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Reader Mail for September Loose Ends

It's that time! Put your questions and thoughts about recent developments below! Obviously, there's going to be A LOT of talk about Arrow Lake on this one, but as a reminder we've seen the following developments over the past 4 weeks:

  • PS5 Pro Benchmarks Leaked (and were officially shown off too!)

  • RDNA 4 was Confirmed to be a 2025 Product

  • AMD Cut Prices (behind the scenes) on RDNA 3

  • Nvidia Blackwell was Confirmed to (f...

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Broken Silicon 278: AMD Price Drop Leak, Nvidia Kills RTX 4090, 5090, Intel Arrow Lake Release Date

We can confirm AMD is dropping GPU prices, Nvidia is killing off RTX 4000, Arrow Lake Release Dates!

0:00 Wiener Dog Races & Dan’s Sick (Intro Banter)

4:08 Hawk Point Pricing, 6nm Volume APUs (Corrections)

9:57 Full Lunar Lake Reviews Arrive!

17:33 Higher Wattage AI 9 HX 375 w/ Win11 24H2

28:04 R7 9800X3D Confirmed to be Launching 2024

37:09 Arrow Lake Release Date Confirmed

43:48 Why it would be bad for LGA 1851 to lack Longevity

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Broken Silicon 278: AMD Price Drop Leak, Nvidia Kills RTX 4090, 5090, Intel Arrow Lake Release Date

We can confirm AMD is dropping GPU prices, Nvidia is killing off RTX 4080, Arrow Lake Release Dates!

0:00 Wiener Dog Races & Dan’s Sick (Intro Banter)

4:08 Hawk Point Pricing, 6nm Volume APUs (Corrections)

9:57 Full Lunar Lake Reviews Arrive!

17:33 Higher Wattage AI 9 HX 375 w/ Win11 24H2

28:04 R7 9800X3D Confirmed to be Launching 2024

37:09 Arrow Lake Release Date Confirmed

43:48 Why it would be bad for LGA 1851 to lack Longevity

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Die Shrink 135 (Video): RTX 5000 & RDNA 4 Delays - How do we feel?

So at this point it seems almost entirely confirmed that at a minimum AMD does not presently plan to launch RDNA 4 in a meaningful way in 2024...and at the same time the Nvidia Blackwell release rumors have also been all over the place throughout the year - how do we all feel about that? Are you sad Nvidia's dragging their feet and AMD seems unwilling to launch RDNA 4 before RDNA 3 stock clears? Also just in general - how has this year felt so far?

0:00 Goofy talk, 2024 delays an...

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Die Shrink 135: RTX 5000 & RDNA 4 Delays - How do we feel?

So at this point it seems almost entirely confirmed that at a minimum AMD does not presently plan to launch RDNA 4 in a meaningful way in 2024...and at the same time the Nvidia Blackwell release rumors have also been all over the place throughout the year - how do we all feel about that? Are you sad Nvidia's dragging their feet and AMD seems unwilling to launch RDNA 4 before RDNA 3 stock clears? Also just in general - how has this year felt so far?

0:00 Goofy talk, 2024 delays an...

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RTX 5000 & RDNA 4 Delays - How do we feel?

So at this point it seems almost entirely confirmed that at a minimum AMD does not presently plan to launch RDNA 4 in a meaningful way in 2024...and at the same time the Nvidia Blackwell release rumors have also been all over the place throughout the year - how do we all feel about that? Are you sad Nvidia's dragging their feet and AMD seems unwilling to launch RDNA 4 before RDNA 3 stock clears? Also just in general - how has this year felt so far?

This week seems like a good one to t...

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Broken Silicon 277 (Video): R7 9800X3D, AMD X870E, Intel Arrow Lake, Nvidia RTX 5090 | Hardware Unboxed

Steve from HUB joins to discuss Zen 5 Motherboards, Core Ultra Series 2, and Next-Gen GPUs!

0:00 PC Hardware has Changed over the Past Decade

7:26 What product had the worst name this year?

11:28 Zen 5 Chaos - Reliving the Trauma from Start to Finish

34:09 Zen 5 Sales are TERRIBLE - Steve & Tom compare Notes

42:28 How can AMD rehabilitate Zen 5?

48:35 Ryzen 7 9800X3D Pricing & Performance

52:33 Arrow Lake – Intel NEEDS it to Succeed!<...

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Broken Silicon 277: R7 9800X3D, AMD X870E, Intel Arrow Lake, Nvidia RTX 5090 | Hardware Unboxed

Steve from HUB joins to discuss Zen 5 Motherboards, Core Ultra Series 2, and Next-Gen GPUs!

0:00 PC Hardware has Changed over the Past Decade

7:26 What product had the worst name this year?

11:28 Zen 5 Chaos - Reliving the Trauma from Start to Finish

34:09 Zen 5 Sales are TERRIBLE - Steve & Tom compare Notes

42:28 How can AMD rehabilitate Zen 5?

48:35 Ryzen 7 9800X3D Pricing & Performance

52:33 Arrow Lake – Intel NEEDS it to Succeed!<...

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Discussing Zen 5, X870E, Arrow Lake, and more w/ Steve of Hardware Unboxed!

Broken Silicon's next episode will see the return of Steve from Hardware Unboxed! And...forgive my laziness, but I (Tom) am late to a family affair - so this write-up will be brief. You can ask us about anything that's happened in the past year, and will happen over the course of the next 12 months - whatever, he can speak to anything!  Just note that I am told he might have an X870E roundup ready Monday, and so you might want to check back in then for last minute...

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Broken Silicon 276: Intel Lunar Lake, AMD Zen 5 Strix Pricing, PlayStation 5 Pro, Nintendo Switch 2

We discuss Intel Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, Zen 5, RADEON UDNA, PS5 Pro, and Nintendo Switch 2!!!

0:00 Tom messes up the beginning (Intro Banter)

3:06 XBOX Series S vs GTX 970 VRAM, XSX Disc Drives (Corrections)

8:55 Intel makes IFS a Subsidiary & Sells of Parts of the Company

17:40 AMD Strix Point vs Meteor Lake vs Hawk Point Pricing Analysis

30:37 AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Blockchain GTA VI

37:10 Intel Lunar Lake Reviews - Competitive w/ Strix ...

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