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We discuss 4nm Hopper, Alchemist, FSR 2.0 vs DLSS 2.3, and other recent Hardware News! SPON: Go to http://www.magicmind.co/brokensilicon and use code BROKENSILICON20 for 20% off! SPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 Sleep Issues and Additional Co-Hosts (Intro Banter) 7:00 Die Shrink 69, GDDR5 Performance and Longevity (Corrections and Omissions) 10:33 Nvidia Reveals 4nm Hopper at GTC - What does it mean for Lovelace? MI300? 20:35 Orin Variant Teased that could be similar to the Nintendo Switch 2 26:31 RTX 3090 Ti Launches: Better than Expected, Still not Good 34:24 Will AMD design GPUs around VRAM? Should people sell their Ampere cards? 43:27 When will “Mega APUs” replace the Low End? 46:27 AMD Unveils FSR 2.0 52:01 Intel Details Xe Super Sampling 57:33 Intel Alchemist Reveal Discussion 1:15:49 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS Launches 1:20:41 PlayStation Plus Revamped to Compete with Game Pass 1:31:18 170w AM5 Zen 4, Nvidia Streamline, TSMC's "Exploding" Orders (Wrap Up) 1:35:28 Windows Updates breaking RADEON, RDNA 3 Whispers, Custom Nodes (Final RM) https://youtu.be/39ubNuxnrK8 https://youtu.be/FHAwIKakoKA https://videocardz.com/press-release/nvidia-announces-h100-hopper-gpu-with-up-to-16896-fp32-cores-80gb-hbm3-memory-700w-of-tdp https://www.anandtech.com/show/17327/nvidia-hopper-gpu-architecture-and-h100-accelerator-announced https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-orin/?ncid=so-yout-503454&sfdcid=undefined#cid=gtcs22_so-yout_en-us https://youtu.be/CE8ssnSqgZg https://youtu.be/DDcA0c-Ahq0 https://youtu.be/tDzO4r-p7Pg https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1507843938845175810 https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=RTX+3090+Ti&n=8000 https://youtu.be/0dES7q6ave4 https://youtu.be/97JIldpUGE4 https://youtu.be/JYmTkYTknNY https://youtu.be/Fj-oW-FKBmQ https://wccftech.com/intel-xess-interview-karthik-vaidyanathan/?beta=1 https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-xe-super-sampling-xess-to-feature-five-quality-modes-including-ultra-quality https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/events/arc-events.html https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/displayport-2-everything-you-need-to-know/ https://youtu.be/2F5hJsTJrP0 https://videocardz.com/press-release/intel-announces-core-i9-12900ks-5-5-ghz-alder-lake-cpu-for-739-usd-launches-april-5th https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/ https://www.pushsquare.com/features/reaction-ps-plus-ps-nows-makeover-a-necessary-and-positive-step-for-sony https://www.dualshockers.com/new-playstation-plus-neo-spartacus-price-tier-leak-explained/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/532431/playstation-plus-subscribers-global/ https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-enters-ark-a-non-public-intel-database-lists-mysterious-dg2mb-entry https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7000-zen-4-cpus-feature-170w-16-core-105w-12-core-ryzen-9-desktop-skus-rumor/?beta=1 https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1506814429635444736 https://youtu.be/tDzO4r-p7Pg https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-zen4-epyc-genoa-features-1mb-of-l2-cache-per-core Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bryan Heemskerk is the Lead Artist at Massive Damage, Inc. We discuss FSR vs DLSS vs XeSS. SPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR 0:00 Bryan Heemskerk Introduction 3:38 What if the RX 7700 XT only has 8GB? How much will RAM vs TFLOPs matter going forward? 16:49 Why do we need FSR and DLSS? Why did DLSS 1.0 suck? 23:42 FSR 2.0 vs FSR 1.0 32:58 Why AMD needs to make FSR 2.0 gain adoption quickly to Succeed 35:28 Why do ports from AMD consoles sometimes run terribly on AMD PCs? 42:04 Why has FSR adoption for console games been almost non-existent? 48:30 Is RSR enough to mitigate Nvidia's DLSS adoption? 54:40 Will FSR 2.0 match DLSS 2.3 Quality? What comes next? 56:30 Intel Alchemist and Xe Super Sampling 1:13:04 RDNA 3 vs Lovelace – Architecture Design, Economics, Mind Share 1:30:47 Potential PS5 Pro Performance 1:41:02 Will the Steam Deck hold back graphics progress? 1:50:20 How Valve can incentivize Steam Deck Support 2:02:13 Developing Games with FSR and DLSS in mind, Preserving a Game's Vision 2:09:19 Game bugs, Elden Ring Save Management Previous Bryan Heemskerk Episode: https://youtu.be/daRC4l4NgnA Massive Damage on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/developer/massivedamage/ Bryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanheemskerk?lang=en Bryan's work Portfolio: http://www.bryanheemskerk.com/gallery/pixelart/ Bryan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-heemskerk-a111b351/?originalSubdomain=ca https://www.anandtech.com/show/17327/nvidia-hopper-gpu-architecture-and-h100-accelerator-announced https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/amd-fidelityfx-super-resolution-2-0-gdc-2022-announcements/ba-p/517541 https://gpuopen.com/fidelityfx-superresolution-2/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fsr2 https://www.hardwaretimes.com/amd-fsr-2-vs-nvidia-dlss-2-comparisons-radeon-offers-better-anti-aliasing-but-geforce-produces-sharper-images/ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/look-out-dlss-first-tests-amds-game-boosting-radeon-super-resolution https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/february-2022-rtx-dlss-game-updates/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/outriders-nvidia-dlss-out-now/#:~:text=NVIDIA%20DLSS%20is%20available%20in,titles%20each%20and%20every%20month https://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/145294-nvidia-dlss-21-delivers-vr-8k-dynamic-resolution-support/ https://youtu.be/upGTctUo93A https://youtu.be/AgFGI8JFo8g https://static.techspot.com/articles-info/2277/images/6.jpg https://in.ign.com/ps5/163088/news/arcadegeddon-first-ps5-game-to-get-amd-fsr-support https://wccftech.com/intel-showcases-arc-alchemist-gpu-performance-xess-raytracing-enabled-calls-xess-better-than-temporal-upscaling/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

New GeForce, Intel Alchemist, AMD RDNA, Apple, and Nintendo GPUs are on the horizon! SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR SPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 Tim Apple Impressions, Elden Ring Performance Corrections 7:59 Nvidia Hack – 2 Weeks Later 15:36 Nintendo Switch 2 Specs Leak 29:33 Nvidia Lovelace AD102 and Early Lineup Leaked 34:25 Why 600w almost literally has to be the limit for practical reasons 44:38 GDDR7 – Why it might be ready within a Year 51:40 RDNA 3 vs Lovelace Segmentation 1:02:00 Lovelace & RDNA 3 Economics - Who has the pricing advantage? 1:09:05 Apple M1 Ultra Multi-Die APU Revealed 1:18:40 RTX 3090 Ti Planned to Launch March 29th 1:22:48 Intel Alchemist might be months away – when is it too late? 1:28:32 How do sources know performance of chips 2 years before they launch? 1:34:27 R7 5800X3D, Threadripper Zen 3, Milan-X, and Low End Ryzen launching by April 1:41:00 Nvidia Blackwell, TSMC 3nm, FSR 2.0 (Wrap Up) 1:47:50 GPU Inflation, AMD’s War Chest, VALVE’s Console Future (Final Reader Mail) https://www.techpowerup.com/292781/elden-ring-pc-stuttering-issues-fixed-but-only-on-valves-steam-deck https://www.eetimes.com/hack-of-nvidia-a-national-disaster/ https://wccftech.com/nvidia-under-attack-by-hacker-group-seeking-1-million-for-lhr-ethereum-bypass/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4_technical_specifications https://www.techpowerup.com/292479/nvidia-dlss-source-code-leaked https://www.techpowerup.com/292690/malware-on-the-prowl-using-stolen-nvidia-code-signing-certificates https://www.techadvisor.com/news/game/nintendo-switch-2-3806401/ https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-nvidia-leak-release-timeline https://wccftech.com/nintendo-switch-2-next-gen-console-nvidia-ampere-dlss-2-2-ray-tracing-leak/ https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/1498701174609899521 https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/1498714482448777216 https://www.anandtech.com/show/17306/apple-announces-m1-ultra-combining-two-m1-maxes-for-even-more-performance https://videocardz.com/newz/confirmed-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-launches-on-march-29th-reviews-coming-on-the-same-day https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga102f-gpu-support-added-to-aida64-is-this-the-chip-powering-the-geforce-rtx-3090-ti/ https://www.igorslab.de/en/the-geforce-rtx-3070-ti-16gb-doesnt-come-into-arc-promises-again-and-the-gddr6x-is-itching/ https://www.techpowerup.com/292776/intel-plans-may-june-2022-launches-of-arc-alchemist-desktop-graphics-cards https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-high-end-desktop-skus-rumored-to-launch-between-week-18-and-22-may-8-june-5 https://www.techpowerup.com/292782/amd-asks-motherboard-makers-to-remove-overclocking-options-for-ryzen-7-5800x3d https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-also-preparing-ryzen-5700-5100-and-4700-10-new-am4-cpus-planned-in-april https://www.techpowerup.com/292835/amd-readies-even-more-ryzen-5000-series-desktop-skus-for-april https://twitter.com/CapFrameX/status/1501544449503072261 https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-to-cost-449-launches-april-20 https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-hopper-successor-likely-named-after-david-blackwell https://www.techpowerup.com/292572/italy-creating-eur4-billion-chipmaking-fund-trying-to-attract-intel https://wccftech.com/tsmc-exceeds-3nm-yield-expectations-production-can-start-sooner-than-planned/ https://videocardz.com/newz/amds-upcoming-radeon-rx-6950xt-reference-card-might-feature-an-all-black-cooling-solution https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-discuss-next-generation-image-upscaling-at-gdc-2022 https://videocardz.com/newz/xfx-china-website-shuts-down-after-chinese-customs-office-seizes-5840-illegally-mislabeled-xfx-graphics-cards-worth-3m-usd https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-cpus-see-less-than-10-performance-drop-from-revised-spectre-v2-mitigations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

An anonymous Engineer working for the US Government joins to discuss Lovelace & RDNA 3 technology, the future of FSR & DLSS, FPGA & Xilinx, and the War in Ukraine’s effect on the world economy. SPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR 0:00 Who is our Mysterious Guest? What can he disclose about his position? 7:43 What got Matt into PC Gaming? When did he become an enthusiast? 16:57 Are we entering a new era of Graphics Cards? 21:28 Will DLSS and FSR matter if we have cards 2-4x stronger than what we have now? 29:54 When and why did MSAA die? 44:43 Do you expect RDNA3 to be close to Lovelace in Raytracing? 1:00:26 What can AMD do with FSR to make it beat DLSS? 1:07:03 Can AMD accelerate FSR on a hardware level? 1:13:14 The Value of Future GPUs, Nintendo Switch 2 Performance 1:22:11 What comes after DLSS and FSR? What's next for balancing picture quality? 1:27:26 FPGAs talk How do you see them being used moving forward? 1:36:58 AMD's FPGA advantage with Xilinx 1:41:37 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and how it will affect the world 1:55:28 Will PC Hardware prices continue to go down if gas prices go up? 1:59:10 Can manufacturing be "brought back to the west"? Where do we get rare materials? 2:09:44 Silicon Nodes for Spacecraft, Advice for getting into FPGAs & Engineering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/29/why-did-last-nights-game-of-thrones-look-so-bad-here-comes-the-science/ https://www.statista.com/topics/1959/silicon/ https://youtu.be/cUJtIK94Djc https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-nvidia-leak-release-timeline Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We discuss upcoming RADEON, GeForce, and ARC architectures…and talk about Zen 4 v MTL! SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR SPON: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 Elden Ring Bosses, Favorite Pokémon, RTX 3090 Ti Testing 8:42 Insider input on how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect Product Launches 15:38 Best Buy TotalTech, Monopolistic vs Anticompetitive, 6500 XT vs 3050 (Corrections) 27:59 RX 7970 XT v RTX 4090 Ti – What can MLID confirm about performance, specs, and TDP? [ FYI - Some Crackling Noises in Audio for next 5-10 minutes ] 42:42 Do Burst TDPs make sense in a GPU? How could Nvidia market 500w GPUs? 51:05 Intel Celestial & Battlemage Performance, Alchemist shipping 4+ Million in 2022 1:01:11 Nvidia Hacked 1:08:12 AMD Rembrandt Launches in Laptops 1:20:34 I9-12980HX 8+8 at 65w is coming to Mobile - Reconfirmed 1:27:21 Intel reveals 24C Raptor Lake & MLID confirms it launches Q3, Meteor Lake v Zen 5 1:33:50 How long will an i7-2600K be able to run games at 30 FPS? 1:39:41 Intel Arrow Lake potentially sharing tiles with Battlemage 1:42:23 Elden Ring Performance, PlayStation VR2, GTX 2050 benchmarked (Wrap Up) 1:54:43 Alienware QD-OLED for $1299, PS5 Pro, Steam Deck R&D Costs (Final RM) https://wccftech.com/intel-amd-reportedly-suspend-chip-shipments-to-russia-report/ https://youtu.be/R2s5HodOX9I https://youtu.be/qCYHBsaZVdQ https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1496509701273833475 https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1496514978006069250 https://www.tweaktown.com/news/83703/evga-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-kingpin-teased-2-12-pin-pcie-power-needed/index.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-technology-roadmaps-milestones.html#gs.qw0j14 https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-celestial-gpus-to-target-ultra-enthusiast-gpu-market-in-2024 https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-wants-a-piece-of-the-dollar1000-gpu-market-targeting-the-ultra-enthusiast-segment-with-celestial/ https://youtu.be/y3nxqq6Q9mY https://www.tomshardware.com/news/jpr-q3-2021-desktop-discrete-gpu-shipments https://www.techpowerup.com/292375/nvidia-has-allegedly-been-hacked-internal-systems-compromised https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/asus-rog-zephyrus-g14-amd-ryzen-6900hs-radeon-rx-6800s https://youtu.be/pNSnSkNGI3g https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-6800h https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-6800u https://youtu.be/YCRoo0tqJL4?t=799 https://twitter.com/KOMACHI_ENSAKA/status/1497182956854853640 https://twitter.com/9550pro/status/1497184003626979328 https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_i7_12700k-vs-intel_core_i9_12900hk https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_core_i9_12900hk-vs-amd_ryzen_9_5900x https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-showcases-13th-gen-core-raptor-lake-cpu-with-24-cores-and-32-threads https://youtu.be/y3nxqq6Q9mY https://www.techpowerup.com/review/elden-ring-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/5.html https://www.techpowerup.com/292357/intel-fails-to-deliver-on-promised-day-0-elden-ring-graphics-driver https://wccftech.com/intel-pay-additional-features-cpus-sdsi/?fbclid=IwAR1jd-Z0yHuZ19I3ujdMGfgG6pn2uVhTNHe1fN-1wx7NAP7L2LZT9Dg8zDg https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-confirms-15th-gen-core-arrow-lake-xeon-granite-rapids-and-sierra-forest-2024-series https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-12900ks-5-5-ghz-cpu-benchmarks-leak-up-to-5-faster-in-single-10-faster-in-multi-threaded-tests/ https://blog.playstation.com/2022/02/22/first-look-the-headset-design-for-playstation-vr2/#sf253727454 https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-rtx-lhr-bios-v2-unlocker-supposedly-removes-mining-hashrate-limit-from-ampere-cards https://wccftech.com/nvidia-ampere-ga103-gpu-desktop-debut-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-graphics-cards/ https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2050-laptop-gpu-benchmark-leak-faster-than-gtx-1650-plus-dlss/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

An Esports Director & Business Manager joins to explain the competitive gaming industry. SPON: brokensilicon = -30% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR 0:00 Who is Phil? What made him decide to focus on Esports? 14:48 Difference between managing Live Sports and Esports 26:35 How does the Esports industry make money, make teams, and function? 34:41 Does a game need to be one of the most popular ones to become an Esport? 42:16 What makes a good Esports game? 54:06 Managing Tournaments & Venues 1:05:17 RX 6600 XT vs RTX 3060 for Esports and Production 1:10:29 Is the 1080p 144fps standard just convenient? 1:15:03 Do professionals use Nvidia Reflex? 1:17:20 Hackers in Multiplayer Shooters 1:24:08 Will Esports become as big as Traditional Sports? How can someone start a team? https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-englert-a7b26a37/ https://100thieves.com/ https://store.teamliquid.com/ https://www.google.com/search?q=number+of+people+who+watched+the+super+bowl+2022&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS880US880&oq=number+of+people+who+watched+the+super+bowl+2022&aqs=chrome..69i57.8692j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://techacake.com/is-fortnite-dying/#:~:text=With%20more%20than%2080.4%20million,eSports%20game%20in%20the%20world. https://playercounter.com/fortnite/ https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33050695/nfl-regular-season-ratings-increase-10-percent-last-season Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We discuss the latest Nvidia, Intel Alchemist, RADEON, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Series news! SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR SPON: brokensilicon = -30% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 Is Reesie ok? Does Dan have food? (Intro Banter) 9:06 VALVE Steam Deck Reviews - Does it live up to the hype? 24:00 Is the Steam Deck being sold at a loss? 28:27 RTX 3090 Ti remains Vaporware 34:44 RX 6950 XT Confirmed, RX 6750 XT & 6650 XT likely coming to combat ARC 40:04 Intel Alchemist Launches Quarter 2 46:01 RDNA 3 Confirmed to be on 5nm & 6nm nodes 56:35 Google Stadia rumored to be Cancelled Soon 1:03:05 Nvidia ARM Acquisition is Officially Dead 1:07:59 AMD pays AIBs to Hide Higher Pricing – Do Reviews need to change? 1:26:46 Best Buy adds Membership tier for Scalpers? 1:31:11 RTX 3050 with GA107, MX550, Intel BTC Mining, Alder Lake -N (Wrap Up) 1:43:48 FTC Investigating Microsoft-Activision Deal, Thoughts on Sony buying Bungie 1:51:37 Wait for PS5 Pro? Will there be Nvidia Exclusives? Are $100 GPUs dead? (Final RM) https://youtu.be/HjZ4POvk14c https://youtu.be/NeQH__XVa64 https://youtu.be/DxTXIxjINeI https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1489311644693970952 https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1489318680139907073 https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1490167588252372993 https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-engineer-confirms-radeon-7000-rdna3-navi-3x-gpus-use-5nm-and-6nm-nodes https://youtu.be/5Y7oF1bLpcU https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-engineering-sample-pictured-once-again https://www.businessinsider.com/google-stadia-stream-plan-partnerships-peloton-bungie-gaming-service-2022-2 https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/google-drop-stadia-cloud-gaming-service-reportedly-deprioritized https://www.techpowerup.com/291780/nvidia-acquisition-of-arm-collapses-uk-company-to-seek-ipo https://youtu.be/zwqlZHM_hrg https://hardocp.com/blog/status-quo-is-no-mo https://www.tomshardware.com/news/best-buy-gpu-paywall-scalpers https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1492962760233205765 https://videocardz.com/newz/asrock-preparing-radeon-rx-6400-challenger-mini-itx-graphics-card https://www.techpowerup.com/291775/nvidia-geforce-mx550-matches-ryzen-9-5900hs-vega-igpu-in-passmark https://youtu.be/ghxNiCKyF44 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/alder-lake-n-takes-shape-gracemont-xe-lp https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Intel-Lands-Mesh-Shaders https://wccftech.com/intel-eyeing-development-of-low-power-gpu-architecture-in-latest-job-listing/ https://youtu.be/2WklVah7ERo https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-announces-bitcoin-mining-initiative-bonanza-mine-chips-ship-this-year https://wccftech.com/intel-sapphire-rapids-sp-xeon-amd-epyc-7773x-milan-x-cpu-cache-memory-benchmarks-leak/ https://www.amazon.com/XPG-1TB-GAMMIX-Blade-AGAMMIXS70B-1T-CS/dp/B093DP3X4H/ https://wccftech.com/shinji-mikami-wants-to-direct-one-last-game-says-re4-remake-should-improve-on-his-story-since-he-wrote-it-in-three-weeks/ https://www.techpowerup.com/291861/amd-receives-all-regulatory-approvals-to-acquire-xilinx https://www.reviewgeek.com/109642/microsofts-xbox-mini-fridge-is-now-available-for-100/ https://www.pcgamer.com/microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard-to-be-investigated-by-the-federal-trade-commission/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A Veteran Journalist & Tech Consultant joins to discuss the cost of product launches, supply chains, Nvidia’s business practices, AMD’s failures, and the future of GPU reviews! SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR SPON: brokensilicon = -30% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 Who is Lars? What got him into reporting on & consulting on computers? 6:23 How has the Hardware Landscape changed over the last 25 years? 15:31 Is inflation, shortages, or GREED causing rising prices the most? 22:33 Rising Power Consumption in GPUs – when will it become a real issue? 27:13 What is making motherboards more expensive? Will costs come back down? 35:00 Will AM5 Motherboards be more expensive than AM4, or even LGA 1700? 40:21 Is the death of low end necessary? 51:09 Working with Nvidia 57:12 Has AMD just been the Greater Fool at times? 1:01:16 Will Nvidia's anti-consumer and anti-partner practices catch up with them? 1:06:25 How does the industry see Intel now? 1:10:12 AMD’s Failures and Mistakes 1:16:21 Does the industry need to work on minimizing risk? 1:25:24 Are PC Gamers being critical of the right problems? 1:33:27 Do bad GPU reviews make any difference? 1:41:27 How can we improve the review process? Is PC Gaming too mainstream? 1:57:13 Supply Chain Misconceptions, Working in Taiwan, GPU Margins Link to the guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lg-nilsson/ Guest’s recent Motherboard costs article: https://www.techpowerup.com/289728/intel-z690-motherboard-costs-explained https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/01/oem_chip_costs_gartner/ https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-engineer-confirms-radeon-7000-rdna3-navi-3x-gpus-use-5nm-and-6nm-nodes https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-alchemist-engineering-sample-pictured-once-again https://twitter.com/SquashBionic/status/1489613397410811906 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Upcoming GeForce, AMD, & Intel ARC launches are discussed in addition to Microsoft buying Activision… SPON: brokensilicon = -30% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk SPON: Get 10% off Tasty Vite Ramen with Code “brokensilicon” at: https://bit.ly/3oyv4tR 0:00 We're Excited about Upcoming Leaks, RX 5700 XT Drivers (Intro Banter) 5:13 80-bit GPUs, Biggest RADEON (Corrections & Omissions) 10:24 Microsoft Buying Activision Blizzard - What's good about this? What's bad? 38:06 Sony Buys Bungie - Last Minute Addition to the Episode! 47:57 Nvidia's Acquisition of ARM is all but Officially Dead... 55:50 RTX 3050 8GB "Launches" - Nvidia Rickrolls Reviewers Again! 1:11:54 Final Thoughts on the RX 6500 XT 1:25:45 RX 6950 XT, 6850 XT, 6750 XT - Can Tom confirm them? How will they perform? 1:38:44 Nvidia GA103 Pictured and Efficiency Analyzed 1:44:53 Nvidia Hopper is Enormous according to recent rumors… 1:50:58 600w Lovelace, Dish Sues Nvidia, 27 Gbps GDDR6, ARC Volume (Wrap Up) 1:58:50 Intel Tile vs AMD, RDNA 3, Microsoft Direct Storage (Final Reader Mail) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-25/nvidia-is-said-to-quietly-prepare-to-abandon-takeover-of-arm https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-sony-buys-bungie https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1488211489672605697 https://www.eetimes.com/arm-predicts-stagnation-if-nvidia-deal-fails/ https://www.techpowerup.com/291303/nvidia-arm-deal-said-to-be-over-according-to-bloomberg Hoeg Law Broken Silicon: https://youtu.be/1Jn69SOllqM Daniel Nenni Broken Silicon: https://youtu.be/w8JmHsKhP9g https://youtu.be/g6R2_GEJVzw Gamers Nexus leaking 6GB GA106 costs $240 to make in 2020: https://youtu.be/JDN8rLjWrTQ https://www.techspot.com/review/2403-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3050/ https://youtu.be/r2NNegA77uA https://youtu.be/8nAwu6CnmgY https://www.microcenter.com/product/646340/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-6500-xt-itx-overclocked-single-fan-4gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card https://www.microcenter.com/product/640366/powercolor-amd-radeon-rx-6600-xt-fighter-dual-fan-8gb-gddr6-pcie-40-graphics-card https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-6950-xt-rx-6850-xt-rx-6750-xt-rdna-2-refresh-graphics-cards-rumored-for-q2-2022-navi-21-22-gpus-with-18-gbps-memory/ https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-flagship-mobility-ga103-gpu-pictured/ https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/nvidia-ga103.g989 https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/rtx-a4500/ https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-gh100-hopper-gpu-rumored-to-be-a-monolithic-design-with-a-massive-1000mm%c2%b2-die Kopite Clarifies 900mm^2: https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1487349383033405440 https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-quietly-increases-prices-of-geforce-rtx-30-founders-edition-cards-in-europe https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1482547038172549120 https://www.pcgamer.com/future-nvidia-gpus-could-be-20-better-at-ray-tracing/ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-dish-hopper-trademark-dispute https://exputer.com/news/games/tomb-raider-on-game-boy-advance/ https://www.techspot.com/news/93017-overclocking-non-k-alder-lake-cpus-possible-right.html https://wccftech.com/intel-readies-bonanza-mine-chip-for-bitcoin-crypto-mining-unveiling-at-isscc/ http://submissions.mirasmart.com/ISSCC2022/PDF/ISSCC2022AdvanceProgram.pdf https://twitter.com/HardOCP/status/1486015746559913992 https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-alchemist-gpus-to-get-resizable-bar-support-on-linux-platforms/ https://twitter.com/Rajaontheedge/status/1487259645961854976 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Attorney Richard Hoeg joins to discuss if the Nvidia-ARM deal is dead, & if MS is becoming a Monopoly. SPONSOR: Support MLID & try out Swifdoo PDF Editor for FREE: https://cutt.ly/5Ivl2HV SPONSOR: brokensilicon = -25% off Windows, dieshrink = -3% off Everything: https://biitt.ly/shbSk 0:00 What type of Law does he practice? What games does he play?! 14:28 AMD buying Xilinx, Company Due Diligence 18:51 Nvidia buying ARM – Is it fair they get blocked, but Facebook doesn’t? 27:43 Why did the EU pause their investigations into Nvidia buying ARM? 31:50 Why would Nvidia buy ARM? What’s their defense to the FTC? 37:27 How much does it matter that both Apple & SAMSUNG are against this? 43:49 Is the Nvidia deal effectively dead? 52:15 Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard – Another monopolistic acquisition? 1:00:44 How do you legally define a "monopoly"? 1:07:38 Did Microsoft get a Activision for cheap? 1:11:13 Non-legal concerns about Microsoft buying Everything 1:30:41 Facebook vs Valve, Apple vs EPIC, Becoming a Lawyer (Final Reader Mail) 1:38:37 What are the biggest misconceptions most consumers have? Subscribe to Richard’s Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoegLaw/featured https://hoeglaw.com/about/richard-hoeg/ https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2021/12/ftc-sues-block-40-billion-semiconductor-chip-merger https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eu-regulators-pause-investigation-into-nvidia-arm-deal-2021-12-06/ https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-to-acquire-arm-for-40-billion-creating-worlds-premier-computing-company-for-the-age-of-ai https://semiwiki.com/ip/arm/292037-three-important-questions-about-nvidia-acquiring-arm-answered/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/microsoft-activision-blizzard.html https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/embedded-revolution/article/21145996/xilinx-amd-agrees-to-buy-xilinx-for-35-billion-in-drive-to-diversify?gclid=CjwKCAiA55mPBhBOEiwANmzoQuoL-lHN0A8caxpyFH8_Rvu5j5r4TBOSYKuG9t9w-XbRCHl2qCOk1hoCErYQAvD_BwE Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.