An anonymous engineer who specializes in Azure & SAP discusses the server-centric design of the XBOX Series X, Intel Ice Lake Xeon, AMD EPYC, and other subjects related to gaming and servers.
0:00 Anonymous Guest Introduction
7:22 PC Gaming Background and Professional Experience
16:00 XBOX Series X APU was Designed for Servers AND Console
25:59 Will Microsoft put the XBOX Series S APU in Surface Devices?
32:14 Console vs PC Gaming
42:03 Why i...
2021-05-17 23:22:51 +0000 UTC
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Our next guest will be an Azure SAP Engineer! Planned subjects include:
- XBOX Series X APU Deployment in Servers (He confirmed multiple use cases)
- Game development, game engine tech, and console hardware (he studied 3D Animation & Game Development)
- Benefits of utilizing Intel Servers and Optane
- AMD's EPYC Advantages
- How Cloud Server services actually work
- The benefits of a company still having ...
2021-05-12 20:23:59 +0000 UTC
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It's time once again for us to vote for upcoming Die Shrink Subjects. Feel free to make suggestions in the comments below, and heart the suggestions from others you like!
You have 2 days to vote!
2021-05-11 18:52:19 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan round out the first 100 episodes of Broken Silicon with deep discussions on Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti, 3070 Ti, AMD FSR, RDNA 3, Zen 4, Intel Alder Lake, Xe DG2, and Nintendo Switch news.
0:00 100th Episode of Broken Silicon! Dan is now a frog killer!
4:55 Navi 21 XTXH, CMP GPU Costs, Intel SMT-4 (Corrections & Omissions)
19:48 Ampere is Nvidia's Main Architecture till at least Mid-2022
24:02 RTX 3080 Ti & 3070 Ti vs AMD FidelityFX Super...
2021-05-11 00:51:35 +0000 UTC
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We did one for Intel after the Xe DG2 leak, now let's talk openly about what we expect from AMD over the next few years. Upcoming Ryzen, EPYC, and semicustom products and technology from AMD are all discussed!
Video about RDNA 3 and Nvidia's response: https://youtu.be/E8JCSTPdwHs
2021-05-07 17:03:10 +0000 UTC
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Recently MLID did an "Ask me anything" about Intel's upcoming products after the Xe DG2 leak....and now there is an RDNA 3 leak. Let's talk openly about what we expect from AMD over the next few years.
You have ~1.5 hours to quickly put down your comments, thoughts, and questions below! Sorry for the short notice! Be thoughtful, use good grammar, and be concise - Tom may just read your questions on air!
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2021-05-06 19:40:02 +0000 UTC
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VP of Engineering, Lead Software Developer, and Bitcoin developer - Jimmy Song is a man who has worn many hats. He joins to discuss Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, and other semiconductor subjects.
[NOTE: This was on Recorded on March 26th, 2021]
0:00 The 2021 GPU Shortage, Evidence of Inflation in Semiconductor Prices
7:05 Why are people afraid to ask honest questions about Bitcoin?
14:36 Jimmy Song’s Background with Gaming PCs and becoming a Developer
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2021-05-03 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Tom does his first livestream from his new house in Nashville, and there is A LOT to talk about! Upcoming Ampere releases, Zen 3 vs Alder Lake, and Intel's future architectures can all be discussed...if viewers want!
0:00 Xe DG2, Van Gogh, RX 6700 XT, Lunar Lake, Zen 3+ (Recapping things from this month)
10:00 Should you build an overpriced budget build, or give into scalpers?
13:00 Should Intel launch Alder Lake in 2021? Will DDR5 be expensive?
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2021-05-02 23:46:39 +0000 UTC
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Tom does his first livestream from his new house in Nashville, and there is A LOT to talk about! Upcoming Ampere releases, Zen 3 vs Alder Lake, and Intel's future architectures can all be discussed...if viewers want!
Put your questions/comments about the news/content from this month below, and Tom will answer some tomorrow at the beginning of the livestream. Just make sure you use good grammar, be thoughtful, and keep it as concise as possible!
2021-05-02 00:51:25 +0000 UTC
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Tom discusses what he can say about Intel Lunar Lake’s IPC – it’s MUCH higher than their current products. Additionally, the MLID brothers discuss the RX 6900 XTX, 3080 Ti pricing, AMD APUs, and other news from the last two weeks.
0:00 Tom has moved, and Dan was sick! (Intro Banter)
4:40 Comparing Xe to Larrabee & Auburn (Corrections & Omissions)
10:02 Intel Lunar Lake Early Leak on IPC & Features
19:44 Nvidia Omniverse, A30 Tensor GPU, A50...
2021-04-26 23:14:36 +0000 UTC
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This market has been insane for the past 6 months, and we want to talk about our experiences dealing with it.
Tom & Dan give their own GPU Shopping Anecdotes, advice, and long term thoughts on the state of the current market - in addition to hearing from people in this community about how they have been dealing with it all.
2021-04-23 13:01:03 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan have both recently been forced to make some GPU purchasing decisions they never thought they would make. If 1 year ago you told us people would be paying $300+ for 5 year old Polaris cards...we would have had a hard time believing you. But this market is insane right now, and that means making insane choices in what you buy.
We want to talk about it! Write in below with the odd GPU purchasing choices (or questions!) you have had t...
2021-04-20 17:45:10 +0000 UTC
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Senior Editor at AnandTech Dr. Ian Cutress joins Tom to discuss everything Intel vs AMD vs Nvidia. This includes a Postmortem on Rocket Lake, challenges bringing big.LITTLE to windows, and who will be most equipped to win the Heterogenous Silicon Wars of 2025.
1:58 Who is Ian?
10:00 The State of Tech Journalism, and the art of good question asking
15:10 Rocket Lake - What did Intel try to accomplish? Did they succeed?
25:00 Alder Lake – Do we t...
2021-04-19 19:20:20 +0000 UTC
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My next guest will be Dr. Ian Cutress, senior editor at AnandTech. He has over a decade of experience covering Nvidia, AMD, and Intel's products - and unlike most "tech journalists" these days, Ian actually tries to fairly cover Intel during a dark period for the company.
Expect this to be a conversation heavily focusing on Intel Rocket Lake, Ice Lake Server, and other recent and upcoming products from Team Blue. But of course I a...
2021-04-13 23:37:55 +0000 UTC
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While Intel may have some impressive products coming…so does AMD according to the latest leaks. We break down the latest Nvidia, AMD, Intel, PlayStation, XBOX, and Nintendo Hardware news.
0:00 Intro Banter, Nvidia GTC
6:45 JOLED Monitors Incoming, DX12 Overhead Questions (Corrections and Omissions)
13:37 Final Thoughts on Intel Rocket Lake Reviews (i5-11400F seems ok!)
29:00 Was AMD Bulldozer worse than Intel Rocket Lake?
34:37 Ice Lake Server Review...
2021-04-12 21:27:01 +0000 UTC
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The Patreon Community asks Tom & Dan for input on what to expect out of Intel and competition in general over the next four years. Everything from Xe, to Hopper vs Elasti, to AMD vs Intel chiplet innovation is discussed.
https://youtu.be/84IV8VmQoY4
2021-04-09 17:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Hot off the heels of Tom's latest Xe DG2 leak (with whispers of Lunar Lake), we want to keep the conversation going. Tom & Dan obviously can't tell you most things, but we can probably hint at more than a few things:
-What products from Intel are you most hoping succeeds?
-What reservations or expectations for Intel (good or bad) do you have?
-What questions do you have for Tom & Dan about upcoming Intel products?
2021-04-08 21:04:01 +0000 UTC
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Josh of NFC has been building the most compact high-performance cases for years. His builds have been featured on Linus Tech Tips and his perspective on DIY building is very unique. We discuss the state of modern graphics card design, and AMD's new success in SFF.
1:30 Graphics Cards have gotten a lot bigger recently...
7:25 Who is NFC? What does he do?
12:22 Small Form Factor Building Advice
17:00 Is AMD Ryzen the new standard for Small Form Fac...
2021-04-05 18:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Tom takes live questions about the latest developments in gaming and hardware for March. AMD, Nvidia, Intel, PlayStation, Nintendo, and XBOX are all subjects worthy of discussion!
0:00 RX 6700 XT, Intel Leaks, and changes to the channel
10:00 Is it just silicon capacity causing the shortages?
18:20 Alder Lake vs Zen 3+
24:35 LGA1700 & AM5 Thoughts - Start of Live Questions
27:00 Any PSVR2 news?
32:45 Thoughts on Rocket Lake
38:00 ...
2021-04-02 00:51:55 +0000 UTC
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Another month, another 30 days of hardware leaks and gaming discussion. Any lingering thoughts about the subjects from March 2021? PUT THEM BELOW!
Tom will get to a handful of Patreon questions at the beginning of the show before he gets into the SuperChat questions. Be thoughtful, use good grammar, and be concise. If you are, Tom may just read your question live.
2021-03-31 23:15:38 +0000 UTC
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Just four years ago efficient architectures like Nvidia Pascal were paving the way for what type of performance you could squeeze out of a "console-sized" gaming PC. But now in 2021, the consoles are bigger than ever - and 350w+ Graphics Cards are becoming a standard TDP tier. Is the Small Form Factor revolution over?
Josh from NFC Systems joins Broken Silicon again to discuss the state SFF building. You can expect heavy discussi...
2021-03-30 22:36:22 +0000 UTC
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(DO NOT SHARE: I am Trusting you Guys with this Experimental Version)
Tim & Steve of Hardware Unboxed join to discuss the current state of competition between AMD, Nvidia, and Intel in 2021.
Previous Broken Silicon with Steve: https://youtu.be/jxGDF1sJ5IA
Previous Broken Silicon with Tim: https://youtu.be/Gp-AX0...
2021-03-29 18:25:19 +0000 UTC
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Tim & Steve of Hardware Unboxed join to discuss the current state of competition between AMD, Nvidia, and Intel in 2021.
0:00 Intro Banter – How Steve and Tim met each other
7:00 Did AMD Zen 3, Tiger Lake, and other products live up to the Hype?
20:00 Will low end graphics cards go extinct?
33:00 How has Hardware Unboxed changed it’s content recently?
36:00 AMD RDNA 2 vs Nvidia Ampere – Who is “winning” so far?
40:00 Explaining Nvid...
2021-03-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Tom records another mail bag from Nashville. Subjects include:
1) Relative Gaming prices
2) Making the argument elevated prices in multiple markets is just inflation
3) Reasons for AMD to buy Xilinx, and Nvidia to buy ARM
4) The "Ape King" joke in the MLID Discord
Much more!
2021-03-26 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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BOTH Steve & Tim from Hardware Unboxed will be joinining BOTH Tom & Dan to discuss the current state of competition between Intel, AMD, and Nvidia. This episode will highly depend on what you all want us to talk about.
Any recent or upcoming products, any comparisons, and any news stories that involved HWUB - put your questions and comments below! Just make sure they are concise, use good grammar, and have real thought put into them...if yours does, we ...
2021-03-24 16:13:32 +0000 UTC
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You would be forgiven for not knowing who my next guest is if you are not involved in the technical side of Bitcoin, but if you are - this guest needs no introduction.
Jimmy Song is a well respected programmer, consultant, and lecturer who has directly contributed accepted code to the Bitcoin project and actively trains new programmers to become Bitcoin developers. This guy is the real deal when it comes to a Bitcoin talk:
2021-03-23 21:55:42 +0000 UTC
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AMD just launched Zen 3 EPYC Milan…and Nvidia may actually launch an RTX 3070 Ti with GDDR6X soon as well! But AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution? That doesn’t seem to be coming anytime soon…
0:00 Intro Banter – Tom is buying a house!
11:50 Games Techtubers choose to Benchmark
16:31 Nvidia CPU Driver Overhead, Out of Control Sports (Corrections and Omissions)
24:19 Final Thoughts on the RX 6700 XT - Any surprises? Would we recommend it?
35:16 ZEN 3 EPYC Milan Release an...
2021-03-22 15:05:45 +0000 UTC
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At 5pm US Central Time on 3/19/2021 - As promised Tom did a patreon only Livestream to celebrate meeting the 1024-bit goal! No monetization, fans asked anything.
NOTE: It was up for all patrons at the stated time on 3/19, and for 9 hours after release. But it is now just for those at the $4 or higher tier to keep it somewhat private.
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE LINK. I AM TRUSTING YOU GUYS.
2021-03-19 01:12:07 +0000 UTC
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The AMD RX 6700 XT may technically launch on March 18th, but already Tom & Dan have review day info to discuss. Additionally, Tom divulges RTX 3080 Ti info, XBOX Exclusives, and some Intel Raptor Lake whispers.
4:45 Opening Reader Mail – Shots? Amazon Dollars vs Crypto…
12:01 Corrections – Ethereum Profitability, Nvidia Resizable BAR vs AMD SAM, VR in 2021
19:38 RX 6700 XT Reviews – Performance, Pricing, & RTX 3070 Competitiveness
30:50 Concl...
2021-03-16 00:52:21 +0000 UTC
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Tom & Dan didn't play HL2 the year it came out, but it's low system requirements (Single Core CPU, 1GB of DDR2, DirectX 8.1 GPU) made it a godsend to play when our PCs weren't so high spec...and it left quite an impression on us.
One could argue Half Life 2 set the gold standard for what people should expect in graphics, AI, gameplay pacing, and story in a FPS that still hasn't really been eclipsed yet...besides graphics, but even then it's graphics held up for ~decade.
2021-03-12 18:00:04 +0000 UTC
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