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 ...
2024-09-23 20:12:45 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan rip open the mail bag to discuss PlayStation, AMD, and GPU questions!
0:00 Nintendo Switch 2 Battery, Tom’s Tired
6:03 PSSSSSSSSSSR & Sony’s Rage
12:18 Are games too rushed? Is FSR/DLSS a “crutch” for devs?
21:19 Why is AMD’s platform longevity expressed in years and not architectures?
23:00 AMD Zen 6, Monolithic Infinity Fabric
30:44 AMD Marketing, RDNA 4 Strategy
2024-09-20 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan rip open the mail bag to discuss PlayStation, AMD, and GPU questions!
0:00 Nintendo Switch 2 Battery, Tom’s Tired
6:03 PSSSSSSSSSSR & Sony’s Rage
12:18 Are games too rushed? Is FSR/DLSS a “crutch” for devs?
21:19 Why is AMD’s platform longevity expressed in years and not architectures?
23:00 AMD Zen 6, Monolithic Infinity Fabric
30:44 AMD Marketing, RDNA 4 Strategy
2024-09-20 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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A Game Developer joins to discuss PlayStation 5 Pro, XBOX Series S support, and Next Gen GPUs!
0:00 What Game IPs do we want to fix? Why is Horror so challenging?
9:52 PlayStation 5 Pro Analysis - What does it reveal about Sony?
18:40 Should we expect Price Drops? Does Sony care if it sells?
27:35 PS5 Pro Performance Thoughts
41:48 Where is PS3 Backwards Compatibility?!
52:55 Will XBOX Series S lose AAA support?
1:05:09 Who can challenge PlaySt...
2024-09-16 20:53:06 +0000 UTC
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A Game Developer joins to discuss PlayStation 5 Pro, XBOX Series S support, and Next Gen GPUs!
0:00 What Game IPs do we want to fix? Why is Horror so challenging?
9:52 PlayStation 5 Pro Analysis - What does it reveal about Sony?
18:40 Should we expect Price Drops? Does Sony care if it sells?
27:35 PS5 Pro Performance Thoughts
41:48 Where is PS3 Backwards Compatibility?!
52:55 Will XBOX Series S lose AAA support?
1:05:09 Who can challenge PlaySt...
2024-09-16 20:52:54 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of Bryan Heemskerk (Steve had to delay his episode). We will be planning to heavily discuss the following subjects:
PS5 Pro
The state of XBOX
FSR 4
AMD RDNA 4
Nvidia Blackwell
Zen 5
Arrow Lake
UDNA
...and as usual - whatever else you guys want!!! Bryan is a developer with deep technical knowledge on both P...
2024-09-13 19:23:17 +0000 UTC
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I leak PlayStation 5 Pro benchmarks, Zen 5 sales data, and talk about Arrow Lake LIVE!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:09 PlayStation 5 Pro Performance Leak
15:00 PS5 Pro Noise & Power
32:17 XBOX Next Gen Performance & AI
46:00 PS6 using Chiplets (?), Steam Deck 2, RX 6800
59:22 RADEON UDNA, RDNA 4
1:10:20 PS5 AI, Zen 6
1:17:20 Zen 5 Sales Leak
1:22:34 Arrow Lake Performance, Royal Core, US Gov’t (not) Funding Intel
1:28:00 8+...
2024-09-13 19:19:54 +0000 UTC
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I leak PlayStation 5 Pro benchmarks, Zen 5 sales data, and talk about Arrow Lake LIVE!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:09 PlayStation 5 Pro Performance Leak
15:00 PS5 Pro Noise & Power
32:17 XBOX Next Gen Performance & AI
46:00 PS6 using Chiplets (?), Steam Deck 2, RX 6800
59:22 RADEON UDNA, RDNA 4
1:10:20 PS5 AI, Zen 6
1:17:20 Zen 5 Sales Leak
1:22:34 Arrow Lake Performance, Royal Core, US Gov’t (not) Funding Intel
1:2...
2024-09-13 19:19:53 +0000 UTC
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You know the drill! Tomorrow Tom will be doing the monthly livestream! As a reminder we have watched the following developments occur over the past 5 weeks:
Intel put a Band-Aid on Raptor Lake with new Patches
RX 8800 XT Leaks
Confirmation that Jim Keller's Royal Core Project (and Team!) are Dead
New Arrow Lake benchmarks
Lunar Lake get Delayed to Late September
Sony Reveal the $699 PS5 Pro
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2024-09-11 22:43:44 +0000 UTC
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We discuss the mountain of recent Intel developments, New AMD X3D CPUs, and Arrow Lake!
0:00 AMD’s Damaged their Brand
6:35 Intel Smartphone CPUs, Hardware Unboxed Testing (Corrections)
13:10 Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake Unaffected by Ring Bus Flaw
17:39 Intel Lunar Lake Delayed, but impresses on Paper
23:57 Lunar Lake’s Battery Life vs Cost Dilemma
33:21 Intel Arrow Lake Performance Leaked
43:53 Jim Keller’s (Cancelled) Royal Core Project...
2024-09-09 20:02:57 +0000 UTC
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We discuss the mountain of recent Intel developments, New AMD X3D CPUs, and Arrow Lake!
0:00 AMD’s Damaged their Brand
6:35 Intel Smartphone CPUs, Hardware Unboxed Testing (Corrections)
13:10 Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake Unaffected by Ring Bus Flaw
17:39 Intel Lunar Lake Delayed, but impresses on Paper
23:57 Lunar Lake’s Battery Life vs Cost Dilemma
33:21 Intel Arrow Lake Performance Leaked
43:53 Jim Keller’s (Cancelled) Royal Core Project...
2024-09-09 20:02:50 +0000 UTC
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From bidding Intel against AMD for the Next Gen XBOX, to preventing Strix from getting Copilot+ certification before Lunar Lake launches - what is going on with Microsoft and AMD?
0:00 Ham Tom & Dan’s Thoughts on MS
10:00 Remembering Van Gogh, R7 3780U, XBOX screwing AMD
15:45 Lunar Lake Insanity
19:05 What’s Microsoft's motive for kneecapping AMD?
26:35 How much of this is AMD’s fault?
33:19 What could make us switch to ...
2024-09-06 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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From bidding Intel against AMD for the Next Gen XBOX, to preventing Strix from getting Copilot+ certification before Lunar Lake launches - what is going on with Microsoft and AMD?
0:00 Ham Tom & Dan’s Thoughts on MS
10:00 Remembering Van Gogh, R7 3780U, XBOX screwing AMD
15:45 Lunar Lake Insanity
19:05 What’s Microsoft's motive for kneecapping AMD?
26:35 How much of this is AMD’s fault?
33:19 What could make us switch to ...
2024-09-06 17:00:11 +0000 UTC
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From bidding Intel against AMD for the Next Gen XBOX, to preventing Strix from getting Copilot+ certification before Lunar Lake launches - what is going on with Microsoft and AMD?
It's a broad and open-ended question, but we think it is a good one for this week's Die Shrink! You have only ~3 hours to write-in below! Sorry for the short notice on this one!
2024-09-05 22:49:45 +0000 UTC
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Leo from KitGuru joins to discuss RX 8800 XT vs Blackwell, Arrow Lake, and Intel’s Future!
0:00 Leo Introduction
1:56 AnandTech Shutting Down
10:39 Intel Raptor Lake Failures
29:28 Should Intel owners dump Raptor Lake?
35:05 AMD's Tumultuous Zen 5 Launch
48:32 Silver Linings to the bad Zen 5 Launch
1:11:29 Strix Halo & RDNA 4
1:18:54 AMD RDNA 4 vs Nvidia Blackwell
1:44:18 Could AMD launch a 32GB RX 8800 XTX?
1:47:...
2024-09-02 19:20:39 +0000 UTC
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Leo from KitGuru joins to discuss RX 8800 XT vs Blackwell, Arrow Lake, and Intel’s Future!
0:00 Leo Introduction
1:56 AnandTech Shutting Down
10:39 Intel Raptor Lake Failures
29:28 Should Intel owners dump Raptor Lake?
35:05 AMD's Tumultuous Zen 5 Launch
48:32 Silver Linings to the bad Zen 5 Launch
1:11:29 Strix Halo & RDNA 4
1:18:54 AMD RDNA 4 vs Nvidia Blackwell
1:44:18 Could AMD launch a 32GB RX 8800 XTX?
1:47:...
2024-09-02 19:20:25 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of Leo from Kitguru! Kitguru has done extensive testing of Zen 5, Strix, and soon Lunar Lake! Leo also has his fingers on the pulse of everything going on in tech right now, so you can definitely ask him ANYTHING regarding recent tech news, or upcoming products from any of the companies we usually follow!
You have ~24 hours to submit below! Be respectful, use good grammar, and be as concise as possible to have your submissions con...
2024-08-31 01:34:41 +0000 UTC
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MLID Contributor KarbinCry joins to discuss everything presented at Hot Chips.
0:00 KarbinCry Intro
2:17 From RISC-V to CXL Hype - How Hot Chips changed
13:45 Intel Xeon 6
16:43 Intel Lunar Lake
27:00 LNL Battlemage vs Strix RDNA 3
32:13 Blackwell and MI300X
42:14 AMD Zen 5 Architecture
55:24 Strix Performance & (wonky) Design
59:02 Frore's New Thin Cooler Tech
1:03:50 Final thoughts on Hot Chips 36
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2024-08-29 18:47:57 +0000 UTC
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MLID Contributor KarbinCry joins to discuss everything presented at Hot Chips.
0:00 KarbinCry Intro
2:17 From RISC-V to CXL Hype - How Hot Chips changed
13:45 Intel Xeon 6
16:43 Intel Lunar Lake
27:00 LNL Battlemage vs Strix RDNA 3
32:13 Blackwell and MI300X
42:14 AMD Zen 5 Architecture
55:24 Strix Performance & (wonky) Design
59:02 Frore's New Thin Cooler Tech
1:03:50 Final thoughts on Hot Chips 36
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2024-08-29 18:47:55 +0000 UTC
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And that's a wrap on Hot Chips! Just like last year, KarbinCry and Tom will be doing an episode discussing all of the revelations divulged at Hot Chips! There were presentations involving the Zen 5 Architecture, Lunar Lake, Blackwell, and many more interesting subjects!
Please note that the presentations for the show can be viewed and downloaded at the link below, and you have ~24 hours to submit your questions! Don't be shy and don't hold back - we need your thought...
2024-08-27 22:54:24 +0000 UTC
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We leak new PlayStation 5 Pro details, Ryzen 5 7600X3D pricing, and discuss Intel Arrow Lake!
0:00 Alien Movies & Horror Summer 2024 (Intro Banter)
4:32 AMD Acknowledges Issues, Zen 5 Investigations Continue
16:20 Should we expect AMD to keep underdelivering?
26:12 R5 7600X3D Pricing Leak, Zen 5 X3D Allegedly Delayed
35:53 Intel Arrow Lake-S Lineup Allegedly Revealed
44:00 RX 7800M 12GB, Strix Halo Expectations
53:23 RDNA 4 Leaked to Launch...
2024-08-26 19:01:20 +0000 UTC
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We leak new PlayStation 5 Pro details, Ryzen 5 7600X3D pricing, and discuss Intel Arrow Lake!
0:00 Alien Movies & Horror Summer 2024 (Intro Banter)
4:32 AMD Acknowledges Issues, Zen 5 Investigations Continue
16:20 Should we expect AMD to keep underdelivering?
26:12 R5 7600X3D Pricing Leak, Zen 5 X3D Allegedly Delayed
35:53 Intel Arrow Lake-S Lineup Allegedly Revealed
44:00 RX 7800M 12GB, Strix Halo Expectations
53:23 RDNA 4 Leaked to Launch...
2024-08-26 19:01:18 +0000 UTC
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An anonymous server engineer joins to discuss the latest Zen vulnerabilities, and confidence in Intel.
0:00 Anonymous Server Engineer's thoughts on CrowdStrike
5:23 AMD Zen 5 and the Legacy of Zen 3 Milan
14:10 P-Cores vs E-Cores vs c-Cores
24:02 Intel vs AMD Q2 2024 Earnings
34:02 Should Pat Gelsinger step down?
37:23 Are Raptor Lake failures worse than Spectre/MDS?
48:13 AMD Security Vulnerabilities
1:00:03 Will bad Zen 5 reviews influe...
2024-08-19 18:16:46 +0000 UTC
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An anonymous server engineer joins to discuss the latest Zen vulnerabilities, and confidence in Intel.
0:00 Anonymous Server Engineer's thoughts on CrowdStrike
5:23 AMD Zen 5 and the Legacy of Zen 3 Milan
14:10 P-Cores vs E-Cores vs c-Cores
24:02 Intel vs AMD Q2 2024 Earnings
34:02 Should Pat Gelsinger step down?
37:23 Are Raptor Lake failures worse than Spectre/MDS?
48:13 AMD Security Vulnerabilities
1:00:03 Will bad Zen 5 reviews influe...
2024-08-19 18:16:44 +0000 UTC
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Finally, we will once again be joined by the Anonymous Server Engineer in the next Broken Silicon! He has been on many times before, and it's always a joy because he is such a veteran of the industry. Anything having to do with CPU architectures, AI, or datacenter GPU is fair game - but at a minimum we plan to discuss:
We discuss the latest Zen 5 releases & discuss what’s going wrong with Intel’s Royal Core project.
0:00 Growing Pains & YouTube Shorts (Intro Banter)
3:18 Microcode Distribution, Zen 5 Geomeans (Corrections)
5:47 R7 9700X & R5 9600X Release to Polarizing Reviews
20:28 Zen 5 Utilization & Pricing
30:52 Will Zen 6 be on AM5? WTF is up with 800 Series Mobos?
33:13 5900XT & 5800XT Reviews
37:52 Strix Power Scaling & AMD ...
2024-08-12 22:06:47 +0000 UTC
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We discuss the latest Zen 5 releases & discuss what’s going wrong with Intel’s Royal Core project.
0:00 Growing Pains & YouTube Shorts (Intro Banter)
3:18 Microcode Distribution, Zen 5 Geomeans (Corrections)
5:47 R7 9700X & R5 9600X Release to Polarizing Reviews
20:28 Zen 5 Utilization & Pricing
30:52 Will Zen 6 be on AM5? WTF is up with 800 Series Mobos?
33:13 5900XT & 5800XT Reviews
37:52 Strix Power Scaling & AMD ...
2024-08-12 22:06:44 +0000 UTC
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Let’s together, talk about our immediate thoughts on Zen 5.
0:00 AMD F***ed up!
8:50 How AMD must Respond
23:36 Was gaming an afterthought for Zen 5?
34:48 Can Arrow Lake save Intel?
45:49 Strix Halo-X, Gaming CPU Needs
https://youtu.be/1oFtbQqIhgQ?si=TA7rVwon8T5GAtJa
2024-08-09 17:05:04 +0000 UTC
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Let’s together, talk about our immediate thoughts on Zen 5.
0:00 AMD F***ed up!
8:50 How AMD must Respond
23:36 Was gaming an afterthought for Zen 5?
34:48 Can Arrow Lake save Intel?
45:49 Strix Halo-X, Gaming CPU Needs
https://youtu.be/1oFtbQqIhgQ?si=TA7rVwon8T5GAtJa
2024-08-09 17:05:02 +0000 UTC
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What else are we going to talk about? Write-in below with your immediate thoughts on the 9700X, 9600X, and Zen 5 in general! Obviously, we'll welcome all AMD & Intel questions here as well. Just be respectful, concise, and use good grammar to be considered! You have ~16 hours to submit!
https://youtu.be/8HsKMz92HwA
2024-08-08 07:04:41 +0000 UTC
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