I leak new details about DLSS 4, discuss RDNA 3 & Lovelace developments, and answer LIVE Q&A!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:45 DLSS 4.0 Early Details
9:09 FSR 3, DLSS 3.5, and Ray Tracing Competition
19:00 RDNA 4 Release Date, Specs, and Hopes
28:30 Takeaways from Interviewing so many Game Developers
33:42 When will AMD MCM beat Nvidia Monolithic?
38:00 The Truth about why EVGA left Nvidia and didn't go to RADEON
42:50 AMD APU, Intel ...
2023-09-16 04:54:15 +0000 UTC
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I leak new details about DLSS 4, discuss RDNA 3 & Lovelace developments, and answer LIVE Q&A!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:45 DLSS 4.0 Early Details
9:09 FSR 3, DLSS 3.5, and Ray Tracing Competition
19:00 RDNA 4 Release Date, Specs, and Hopes
28:30 Takeaways from Interviewing so many Game Developers
33:42 When will AMD MCM beat Nvidia Monolithic?
38:00 The Truth about why EVGA left Nvidia and didn't go to RADEON
42:50 AMD APU, Intel ...
2023-09-16 04:48:00 +0000 UTC
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Broken Silicon's next guest will see the return of Josh from PC Perspective. Overall we plan to take a look back at a year of Alchemist and Nvidia Lovelace, discuss the pricing & sales trajectory of the RX 7800 / 7700 XT, talk about RDNA 4 hopes a bit, and also debate if Intel 14th Gen will be a solid enough generation to do well against discounted Zen 4 this holiday season!
But please feel free to ask us literally anything about the market and upcomin...
2023-09-15 23:39:34 +0000 UTC
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It's been a month, and thus it is time for yet another Livestream! This time Dan should be joining for at least part of it, and we'll also have some fun physical reader mail to open. In the meantime, here is a reminder of the developments we've seen over the past month:
- Navi 4C's Design was Leaked
- Potential Specs for Navi 43/44 have been Leaked
- AMD Revealed FSR 3
- Nvidia Revealed DLSS 3.5
- The RX 7800 XT & RX 7700 ...
2023-09-14 22:35:55 +0000 UTC
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We dissect RX 7800 XT week 1 sales, and discuss upcoming Meteor Lake, RPL-R, and Ryzen.
0:00 Dan’s Takeout Journey, Building Caveman Computers (Intro Banters)
7:05 Navi 4C Complexity, Squaring Millimeters, RDNA 2 Dies (Corrections)
14:29 RX 7800 XT & RX 7700 XT Reviews
20:55 AMD’s Marketing Blunders with Navi 32
43:14 Navi 32 Week 1 Sales Analysis
1:00:10 Is the 7800 XT the new 1060? How important is DLSS in High End?
1:1...
2023-09-11 18:55:33 +0000 UTC
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We dissect RX 7800 XT week 1 sales, and discuss upcoming Meteor Lake, RPL-R, and Ryzen.
0:00 Dan’s Takeout Journey, Building Caveman Computers (Intro Banters)
7:05 Navi 4C Complexity, Squaring Millimeters, RDNA 2 Dies (Corrections)
14:29 RX 7800 XT & RX 7700 XT Reviews
20:55 AMD’s Marketing Blunders with Navi 32
43:14 Navi 32 Week 1 Sales Analysis
1:00:10 Is the 7800 XT the new 1060? How important is DLSS in High End?
1:14:15 Nvidia...
2023-09-11 18:55:29 +0000 UTC
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KarbinCry joins to discuss this year’s Hot Chips Presentations. We get deep into discussions about why Nvidia’s architectures win at Ray Tracing, why AMD isn’t trying to “win RT” quickly, and also what’s going on with Xeon & EPYC architectures!
0:00 What got KarbinCry so interested in this space?
10:15 What Hot Chips presentations interested us the most? What takeaways were there?
20:55 Sierra Forest, Gracemont, Crestmont
37:52 Why Nvidia has...
2023-09-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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KarbinCry joins to discuss this year’s Hot Chips Presentations. We get deep into discussions about why Nvidia’s architectures win at Ray Tracing, why AMD isn’t trying to “win RT” quickly, and also what’s going on with Xeon & EPYC architectures!
0:00 What got KarbinCry so interested in this space?
10:15 What Hot Chips presentations interested us the most? What takeaways were there?
20:55 Sierra Forest, Gracemont, Crestmont
37:52 Why...
2023-09-08 10:00:05 +0000 UTC
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A Dev from Obsidian, Vicarious Visions, and NetEase joins to discuss Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.
0:00 Who is Taylor? What does a Senior Tools Engineer do?
11:11 Will 2024 crush 12GB GPUs? Why did 8GB issues surprise people?
25:22 PlayStation 5 Pro Performance Targets - Will 8K ever make sense?
35:44 How do devs decide on min requirements? Why does Starfield fit in 8GB?
52:01 How does “Optimization” actually happen? When does it fail?
2023-09-04 18:11:06 +0000 UTC
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A Dev from Obsidian, Vicarious Visions, and NetEase joins to discuss Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.
0:00 Who is Taylor? What does a Senior Tools Engineer do?
11:11 Will 2024 crush 12GB GPUs? Why did 8GB issues surprise people?
25:22 PlayStation 5 Pro Performance Targets - Will 8K ever make sense?
35:44 How do devs decide on min requirements? Why does Starfield fit in 8GB?
52:01 How does “Optimization” actually happen? When does it fail?
59:05 ...
2023-09-04 18:11:01 +0000 UTC
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Next Broken Silicon will see the return of Taylor Hadden, a Senior Tools Engineer who just swapped from working for Obsidian within XBOX Studios to working for NetEase Games...and he has A LOT to say about game development and how hardware is changing. Planned subjects include:
- Studios Struggling to Optimize for BOTH 16GB Consoles and 8GB GPUs
- Implications for Zen 5 X3D vs Intel Rentable Units in Gaming
- Concerns about AI affecting Developer's and Artist's J...
2023-09-02 03:51:43 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Die Shrink will see KarbinCry join yet again to discuss all of the presentations, announcements, and technology discussed from Hot Chips this year. Presentations and subjects that stood out (to us) include:
- Intel Granite Rapids' Design, DDR5 Support, and Performance Claims
- Intel Sierra Forest
- AMD Zen 4 EPYC Architecture Overview
- AMD Phoenix
- UCIe
- Photonics
- FPGAs (Many were presented and discussed this year)
2023-09-01 01:48:08 +0000 UTC
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We cover the latest AMD Zen 5, RDNA 3, Nvidia RTX 4000, and Intel Arrow Lake news!
0:00 Dog Podcasts and Nvidia's Priorities (Intro Banter)
6:05 HD 7970 GHz 6GB vs Kepler Titan (Corrections)
9:33 New Zen 5 X3D & 256 Core Turin Details Leaked!
32:34 Nvidia’s Q2 Earnings, Google AI partnership, Record Market Cap
38:26 NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Announced – Can FSR ever catch up?
42:14 AMD FSR 3 Announced – No image quality uplift?
2023-08-30 18:14:46 +0000 UTC
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We cover the latest AMD Zen 5, RDNA 3, Nvidia RTX 4000, and Intel Arrow Lake news!
0:00 Dog Podcasts and Nvidia's Priorities (Intro Banter)
6:05 HD 7970 GHz 6GB vs Kepler Titan (Corrections)
9:33 New Zen 5 X3D & 256 Core Turin Details Leaked!
32:34 Nvidia’s Q2 Earnings, Google AI partnership, Record Market Cap
38:26 NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Announced – Can FSR ever catch up?
42:14 AMD FSR 3 Announced – No image quality uplift?
53:32 R...
2023-08-30 18:14:44 +0000 UTC
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The community, and Tom & Dan, share their initial reactions from the latest Gamescom AMD announcements.
0:00 Sorry for the late posting! (Intro Banter)
3:55 Immediate to Navi 32 & FSR 3 Announcements
11:01 RX 7700XT pricing and Nvidia Price/Performance
21:16 Is RDNA 2 finally not recommended over RDNA 3?
29:42 RDNA 3 Efficiency, Starfield FSR 3 Support, Review Expectations
2023-08-26 08:11:29 +0000 UTC
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The community, and Tom & Dan, share their initial reactions from the latest Gamescom AMD announcements.
0:00 Sorry for the late posting! (Intro Banter)
3:55 Immediate to Navi 32 & FSR 3 Announcements
11:01 RX 7700XT pricing and Nvidia Price/Performance
21:16 Is RDNA 2 finally not recommended over RDNA 3?
29:42 RDNA 3 Efficiency, Starfield FSR 3 Support, Review Expectations
2023-08-26 08:11:25 +0000 UTC
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You may have noticed that a Die Shrink has not come out today...yet... That's not a coincidence, it's a result of Tom & Dan deciding it would be unwise to put anything out before we see just how much information AMD announces at Gamescom, and boy are we glad we waited! Tom isn't done making his video (yes one is coming tonight), but just halfway through writing a script the following news has been noted:
- RX 7800 XT 16GB & RX 7700 XT 12GB have b...
2023-08-25 19:39:28 +0000 UTC
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The ideal Ryzen 9 8950X design, Intel Rentable Units, Arrow Lake, and Nvidia Blackwell.
0:00 Who is Max? What made him start High Yield?
5:02 Will Nvidia use Chiplets w/ Blackwell? Was RDNA 3 a mistake?
13:05 Nvidia’s Brand Power, AMD Double Standards
25:49 Why’d AMD design N41 to be so complex? Why was it cancelled?
34:34 Navi 4CX’s Packaging Bottleneck, AMD waiting to Catch-Up in Software
42:47 Did AMD use Chiplets too Early? Are Chiplets...
2023-08-21 18:25:17 +0000 UTC
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The ideal Ryzen 9 8950X design, Intel Rentable Units, Arrow Lake, and Nvidia Blackwell.
0:00 Who is Max? What made him start High Yield?
5:02 Will Nvidia use Chiplets w/ Blackwell? Was RDNA 3 a mistake?
13:05 Nvidia’s Brand Power, AMD Double Standards
25:49 Why’d AMD design N41 to be so complex? Why was it cancelled?
34:34 Navi 4CX’s Packaging Bottleneck, AMD waiting to Catch-Up in Software
42:47 Did AMD use Chiplets too Early? Are Ch...
2023-08-21 18:25:12 +0000 UTC
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Broken Silicon's next guest will be High Yield! We plan to heavily discuss the state of the GPU & CPU markets, Intel's future, and everything having to do with chiplets and GPU Design! This is a great episode to ask whatever you want about GPU Competition and the Future of these companies!
Our conversation will be HEAVILY steered by your submissions below, so don't hold back! Just make sure you comments and questions are respectful, well written, and as ...
2023-08-19 04:07:11 +0000 UTC
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Click to see what Navi 41 looked like, and the chance Nvidia will abandon High End GPU…
0:00 Dan Moving to Nashville, Jessie at the Tomato Art Fest (Intro Banter)
8:20 Xbox Sales Numbers, Dedicated APU Memory (Corrections)
14:38 Leaks “Tease” RX 7800 XT, 7700 XT, 7500 w/ Alleged Specs
28:30 FSR 3 Launch Leaked – What’s it need to accomplish?
45:02 Nvidia Halts Lovelace Production for Hopper
54:51 AMD Cancels RDNA 4 Flagship “Navi 4C...
2023-08-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Click to see what Navi 41 looked like, and the chance Nvidia will abandon High End GPU…
0:00 Dan Moving to Nashville, Jessie at the Tomato Art Fest (Intro Banter)
8:20 Xbox Sales Numbers, Dedicated APU Memory (Corrections)
14:38 Leaks “Tease” RX 7800 XT, 7700 XT, 7500 w/ Alleged Specs
28:30 FSR 3 Launch Leaked – What’s it need to accomplish?
45:02 Nvidia Halts Lovelace Production for Hopper
54:51 AMD Cancels RDNA 4 Flagship “Navi 4C...
2023-08-14 15:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Tom fields questions about RDNA 4, RDNA 5, Navi 32, and leaks Intel 14th Gen Release Dates!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:54 Intel Raptor Lake Refresh could Launch Late September Leak!
11:40 Thoughts on an "RX 7800 XT" that uses Navi 32
18:26 What is the actual issue with RDNA 4? When will we get RDNA 5?
33:39 Does AMD look down on RADEON?
37:44 Dragon Range-X 8 Core Models, 4K Gaming Requirements in 2023
49:10 How future games could use...
2023-08-12 05:25:50 +0000 UTC
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Tom fields questions about RDNA 4, RDNA 5, Navi 32, and leaks Intel 14th Gen Release Dates!
0:00 Intro Rambling
1:54 Intel Raptor Lake Refresh could Launch Late September Leak!
11:40 Thoughts on an "RX 7800 XT" that uses Navi 32
18:26 What is the actual issue with RDNA 4? When will we get RDNA 5?
33:39 Does AMD look down on RADEON?
37:44 Dragon Range-X 8 Core Models, 4K Gaming Requirements in 2023
49:10 How future games could use AI Acceler...
2023-08-12 05:25:48 +0000 UTC
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It's time to field questions for a livestream once again! It's expected that there will be A LOT of questions about RDNA 4, RDNA 5, and Nvidia's next gen...but note that the following news has broke since the last livestream:
- Arrow Lake failed to get HT working with Royal Core
- Details about Lion Cove+, Cougar Cove, Diamond Rapids, and Beast Lake were Leaked
- Rentable Units have been detailed as the successor to HT (or supplementing its remov...
2023-08-11 18:21:19 +0000 UTC
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Tom sits down for the 1st solo Mailbag in a LONG time, and it’s all GPU and APU questions!
0:00 Tom’s Moving, Dan’s Moving & Defending his Thesis
1:40 The Most Bogus Claim I’ve seen a Company Make
4:12 Laptop APUs could make cheap Desktops Irrelevant
9:09 Is 1080p Irrelevant for Benchmarking?
13:51 The Evolution of GPU Configurations & Cost/Frame
21:29 Do Software Vendors & End Customers hate Accelerators?
2023-08-11 10:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Tom sits down for the 1st solo Mailbag in a LONG time, and it’s all GPU and APU questions!
0:00 Tom’s Moving, Dan’s Moving & Defending his Thesis
1:40 The Most Bogus Claim I’ve seen a Company Make
4:12 Laptop APUs could make cheap Desktops Irrelevant
9:09 Is 1080p Irrelevant for Benchmarking?
13:51 The Evolution of GPU Configurations & Cost/Frame
21:29 Do Software Vendors & End Customers hate Accelerators?
2023-08-11 10:00:08 +0000 UTC
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A Game Dev joins to explain how Panther Lake’s Architecture works, and what’s next for RDNA 3.
0:00 Who is Bryan? Where does his pixel art talent come from?
13:42 Has Nvidia Lovelace & RDNA 3 ended up disappointing?
20:55 Will the PS5 Pro force better Utilization of RDNA 3?
30:27 The Future of Optimizing Games, Framerates, and Resolutions
53:20 Is Unreal Engine 5 ahead of it's time?
1:02:54 AMD vs Nvidia assistance to Developer...
2023-08-04 00:46:49 +0000 UTC
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A Game Dev joins to explain how Panther Lake’s Architecture works, and what’s next for RDNA 3.
0:00 Who is Bryan? Where does his pixel art talent come from?
13:42 Has Nvidia Lovelace & RDNA 3 ended up disappointing?
20:55 Will the PS5 Pro force better Utilization of RDNA 3?
30:27 The Future of Optimizing Games, Framerates, and Resolutions
53:20 Is Unreal Engine 5 ahead of it's time?
1:02:54 AMD vs Nvidia assistance to Developers
1:1...
2023-08-04 00:46:46 +0000 UTC
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The next episode of Broken Silicon will see the return of the Art Director at Massive Damage Studios, Bryan Heemskerk. For those who don't know, this veteran of the podcast is an exemplary person to ask about anything having to do with GPU Architectures, Game Development, and how future hardware is likely to function. We plan to discuss:
- RDNA 3 Performance 8 months after launch
- Nvidia Lovelace
- The types of deals devs would (or wouldn't
2023-08-02 01:11:26 +0000 UTC
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