Broken Silicon
Moore's Law Is Dead, Bleav
One brother is an Engineer, and the other is a Scientist. Both are hilarious and discuss the latest news, rumors, and developments going on in the Computer Hardware and PC Gaming Space.
Broken Silicon is Brought to you by the Youtube Channel: Moore's Law Is Dead, and its creator Tom.
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Broken Silicon is Brought to you by the Youtube Channel: Moore's Law Is Dead, and its creator Tom.
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Nov 25, 2020 • 2h 35min
76. RX 6800 Ray Tracing, RTX 3060 Ti, PS5 Silent Hills & MGS Exclusives, Apple M1
In this episode Tom finally divulges what unannounced PS5 exclusives he knows are coming soon. Additionally, there’s plenty of AMD Big Navi, Nvidia Ampere, Apple M1, and Intel Alder Lake talk.
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0:00 Intro Banter – Scalpers, drama, and Thanksgiving
5:14 Corrections & Omissions
12:39 RX 6800XT & 6800 Reviews, RDNA 2 Ray Tracing Performance
27:11 Is the 6800 good value versus the RTX 3070 & RX 6800XT?
35:06 Availability Discussion
40:28 Nvidia Selling cards directly to miners, AIB Price Fixing
58:24 RTX 3060 Ti & 3070 Ti
1:13:04 Can Nvidia bring Smart Access Memory (SAM) to Intel soon?
1:23:00 Alder Lake “P” & Intel Hybrid Threading
1:28:00 PlayStation 5 & XBOX Series X Launch Discussion
1:40:00 Scalpers are entirely out of control
1:47:20 MLID Confirms new PS5 Exclusives – Silent Hills & MGS Remake
2:04:20 Apple M1 Chip is Impressive
2:20:00 Is how we benchmark outdated?
https://www.techspot.com/review/2146-amd-radeon-6800/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800/38.html
https://www.techspot.com/review/2144-amd-radeon-6800-xt/
https://www.techspot.com/review/2146-amd-radeon-6800/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-radeon-rx-6800/
https://youtu.be/IJHnaxZdeEk
https://news.bitcoin.com/nvidia-posts-record-q3-earnings-sales-of-gpus-to-crypto-miners-reach-175-million/
https://youtu.be/_SAQmYS5qyk
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3070.c3674
https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-smart-access-memory-nvidia-version/
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1330670624600154113
https://www.coelacanth-dream.com/posts/2020/08/04/intel-adl-core-config/
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-confirms-alder-lake-s-to-require-lga1700-socket
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16252/mac-mini-apple-m1-tested
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/apple/mx/m1
NXG Broken Silicon Episode on PS5 & XSX Launch: https://youtu.be/LYzD-1EbI-I
Crysis PS5 vs PC CPU Benchmark: https://youtu.be/xQKLWWpy0Tc?t=725
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1328554422205558784
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1329633063891038208
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1329634942914080768
https://www.pcmag.com/news/should-you-skip-the-apple-m1-chip
https://screenrant-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/screenrant.com/ps5-online-sales-bots-scalpers-resellers/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1
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Nov 17, 2020 • 2h 22min
75. XBOX Series X & PlayStation 5 Post Launch Analysis with NX Gamer
NX Gamer does in-depth performance analysis of Console & PC Hardware...and finally the PS5 & XSX have officially launched! We discuss performance, features, and the future of these gaming devices.
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0:00 Intro – Who is NX Gamer?
8:50 Nvidia Ampere, AMD RDNA 2, Zen 3, PC Hardware Availability
15:10 Is the PS5 & XSX selling well?
19:10 Comparing Performance between the Consoles & the 2080 Ti
32:10 Discussing Watch Dogs Legions horrible Console Performance
48:10 Next gen load times. (Not the point of the SSD long term)
57:00 What is actually important about having a Next Gen SSD
1:12:13 What External Drive do we recommend for the consoles?
1:21:430 “Quick Resume” & PS5 “Cards,” Improving the consoles
1:29:00 1440p support on PS5
1:34:43 Do the consoles need DLSS?
1:38:30 Next Gen Exclusives vs Backwards Compatibility
1:41:00 Where are the other rumored PS5 Exclusives?
1:45:00 Game Pass’ Value, Sustainability, and Future
2:04:43 Discussing modern Gaming, PS5 Pro, and Future Consoles
Crysis PS5 vs PC CPU Benchmark: https://youtu.be/xQKLWWpy0Tc?t=725
USB Drive I Recommend for Next Gen Consoles: https://amzn.to/3kB2pyt
https://www.cnbc.com/2013/12/11/xbox-one-playstation-4-sales-total-18b-first-three-weeks.html
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-series-x-s-was-microsofts-biggest-console-launch-in-the-uk/#:~:text=According%20to%20publishers%20speaking%20to,days%20on%20sale%20in%202013.
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/godfall-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/assassins-creed-valhalla-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/
https://youtu.be/TiK257YS-3w
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/watch-dogs-legion-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/5.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/watch-dogs-legion-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/
https://youtu.be/_BN_wjO2M9Q
https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/software/devil_may_cry_5_pc_performance_review/10
https://gadgetgang.com/good-news-ps5-may-be-supersampling-4k/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/godfall-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/4.html
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Nov 11, 2020 • 2h 20min
74. AMD RX 6800XT Ray Tracing, Nvidia Price Fixing, PS5 & XSX Load Times | The Bridge to Next Gen
We have updates to RX 6800XT Ray Tracing from independent sources! We also discuss Intel Redwood Cove, Nvidia Price Fixing, and PlayStation 5 & XBOX Series X reviews. [SPONSOR: Get Surfshark VPN at https://Surfshark.deals/MOORESLAW and enter promo code MOORESLAW for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE!]
0:00 Fav Drinks, GCN Alternative History, What's an RPG really?
13:43 Final Thoughts on Zen 3 Reviews & Release
23:21 Alder Lake & Redwood Cove Leak – Can Intel compete by 2023?
31:07 Zen 4 Info Reminder
35:00 RX 6800XT Ray Tracing Support & Performance
44:30 RDNA2 384bit v Cache, RADEON Drivers, RDNA3 Expectations
57:37 Nvidia Availability & Price Manipulation, 3060 scared of Navi 22
1:14:00 3080 Ti & 3060 TI
1:27:20 XBOX Series X Reviews
1:36:15 PlayStation 5 Reviews
1:40:00 Next Gen Console Discussion
1:50:00 Next Gen Load Times
2:04:00 Cross-gen saves, 1440p, Dealing with Trolls (Final Mail)
https://youtu.be/y7ukz8WUdW4
https://www.techspot.com/review/2131-amd-ryzen-5950x/
https://youtu.be/72AHENDeTEI
https://youtu.be/iZBIeM2zE-I
https://youtu.be/0bIWQavbRmk
https://www.techradar.com/amp/news/amd-has-a-subtle-dig-at-intel-suggesting-alder-lake-cpus-dont-make-sense?fbclid=IwAR2CMrlqkpOW2-ncPup466EYw7U0lb68FypE9UrFBO-5wnoB7GozXlOkkEs
https://adoredtv.com/amd-confirms-rx-6000-series-will-support-existing-ray-tracing-titles/
https://www.thestreet.com/investing/amds-rick-bergman-talks-about-current-and-next-gen-cpus-and-gpus
https://wccftech.com/amd-rdna-3-radeon-rx-gpus-and-zen-4-ryzen-cpus-perf-per-watt-gains-5nm/
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1325550719882104834
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://youtu.be/JDN8rLjWrTQ
https://www.techpowerup.com/274219/nvidia-reportedly-working-on-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-graphics-card-with-20-gb-gddr6x-vram
https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1323785556417863680
https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1322022066913079296
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1322036514004574209
https://youtu.be/x7dtqdbJQW8
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3060-ti-gaming-oc-pro-pictured
https://www.techpowerup.com/274158/nvidia-reportedly-delays-rtx-3060-ti-launch-to-december
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-to-launch-in-january-2021
https://www.hkepc.com/19893/20GB_GDDR6X__%E7%9A%84_RTX_3090_1_%E6%9C%88%E7%99%BB%E5%A0%B4__RTX_3080_Ti_%E5%94%AE%E5%83%B9_US%24999_%E6%8A%97%E8%A1%A1_RX_6900_XT
https://www.techspot.com/news/87480-xbox-series-x-s-review-roundup-microsoft-makes.html
https://youtu.be/1Ebd4i3z4sA
https://www.engadget.com/sony-playstation-5-review-130048353.html
https://www.shacknews.com/article/121314/xbox-series-x-review-the-future-is-not-here
https://www.shacknews.com/article/121342/ps5-review-its-whats-on-the-inside-that-counts
https://youtu.be/4SHdNWRSQ5o
https://youtu.be/bKQ6NeTjccA?t=1055
https://youtu.be/ZS0RMYod8pQ
https://www.ign.com/articles/future-ps5-update-will-allow-console-to-output-8k-resolutions-2?sf132108241=1
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/watch-dogs-legion-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/6.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/watch-dogs-legion-benchmark-test-performance-analysis/5.html
https://youtu.be/bKQ6NeTjccA
https://youtu.be/9tikSdmJ1zM
PS5 loading 4-6x faster than PC: https://gamerant.com/devil-may-cry-5-ps5-load-time-comparison-video/
XSX loading Valhalla in 17 seconds: https://youtu.be/p65cBwWH-CU (PC loads 15-20 seconds)
https://youtu.be/nwsI6RG7DDQ
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/devil-may-cry-5-benchmark-performance-test/4.html
https://youtu.be/0eBaPS3uj-A
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Nov 3, 2020 • 1h 42min
73. AMD Zen 3 Market Share, Intel Margins, RDNA 2 Cache Efficiency | Server Engineer
Can AMD hit 50% market share in servers? How threatened are Intel’s margins? How big of a deal is Infinity Cache for Big Navi’s efficiency? All of this and much more is discussed with a returning fan favorite guest on Broken Silicon!
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0:00 Intro - Who is our anonymous guest?
3:11 Intel Security 2019 – the real cause of 14nm capacity problems…
9:51 Is AMD worth switching to from Intel yet in the server market?
14:56 Does Zen 3 change the competitive landscape?
18:46 How much of the server market can AMD take?
29:28 As a company, how competitive is AMD w/ Intel going in 2021?
32:11 Intel’s has Margin & Security Problems in 2021
40:56 Professional AMD Graphics Card Competitiveness with Nvidia
48:50 Why isn't there better protected from Over the Air Hacking?
52:30 What upcoming gen is most exciting? Zen 4? SPR? Mega APU?
1:00:49 AMD buying Xilinx, Nvidia buying ARM
1:08:44 RISC-V
1:14:02 Intel 7nm prospects, & how Intel actually their customers…
1:23:20 Docker & Hardware Independent Software
1:24:44 EPYC Cache Efficiency, & what it could mean for Big Navi…
1:29:00 Is the R9 3950X an ok substitute for low core-count EPYC?
Previous Episode: https://youtu.be/Fh95scsUX_M
https://wccftech.com/amd-zen-3-epyc-milan-cpus-up-to-20-faster-than-zen-2-epyc-rome/
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15984/hot-chips-2020-live-blog-next-gen-intel-xeon-ice-lakesp-930am-pt
https://www.amd.com/en/processors/epyc-7002-series
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/18/21295326/microsoft-project-xcloud-xbox-series-x-servers-hardware-2021
https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/05/20/nvidia-drops-tesla-name-from-data-center-gpus-to-avoid-confusion-with-elon-musks-electric-car-company/#:~:text=As%20Heise%20reports%2C%20the%20company,is%20simply%20called%20the%20GA100.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16202/amd-reveals-the-radeon-rx-6000-series-rdna2-starts-at-the-highend-coming-november-18th/2 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Oct 29, 2020 • 1h 50min
72. AMD RX 6900XT & 6800XT, Nvidia RTX 3070, Intel Graphics 2021 | The Second Wave
AMD Big Navi has been announced, the RTX 3070 is out, & Intel GPU rumors are beginning to trickle in! We are officially out of the lull – the second wave of gaming hardware news is here!
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0:00 Intro Banter – Would we beat Shia LaBeouf in a fight?
4:00 Corrections & Omissions
10:20 Will RX 5700XT see price drops soon?
13:00 RX 6900XT, 6800XT, 6800 Performance Discussion
21:20 Is RDNA 2 a complete slam dunk on Nvidia?
30:35 Why was MLID’s leak so accurate this time? What about RDNA 3?
33:15 AMD vs Big Navi Scalpers, Nvidia’s Problems, 6900XT vs 6800XT
41:48 RTX 3070 Reviews, Ampere Ray Tracing, 3070 Ti & 3080 Ti on the Horizon
52:18 Mining Turing & RDNA 1 Cards, a new Crypto Boom
58:10 Xe DG2 Leak – Intel’s 2021 Desktop gaming Cards
1:01:00 R7 5800X beats the 10900K, Rocket Lake Announced
1:09:40 Should R5 3600 owners upgrade to Zen 3? Any Milan Threadripper Rumors?
1:15:00 192GB of HBM Possible in 2023
1:18:00 PlayStation 5 & XBOX Series X Discussion
1:29:45 What happened to Internet of Things (IoT) devices? Imagination GPUs…
1:39:00 Is LCD Tech holding back photorealism?
Cannibal Shia LaBeouf: https://youtu.be/o0u4M6vppCI
https://youtu.be/AuJfP_GPiOs
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-6000-rdna-2-big-navi-gpus-revealed
https://youtu.be/oHpgu-cTjyM
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1318599153715433477
https://www.techspot.com/review/2124-geforce-rtx-3070/
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3070-founders-edition/35.html
https://youtu.be/3XaOeLPztN4
https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1320998162744578048
https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1320702114977304577
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-preparing-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-with-9984-cuda-cores
https://youtu.be/VWAzm-DUcM4
https://wccftech.com/xfx-allegedly-selling-almost-all-amd-radeon-rx-5000-series-gpus-to-mining-farms/
https://www.pcgamer.com/msi-registers-a-bunch-of-last-gen-turing-cards-for-cryptocurrency-mining/
https://www.techpowerup.com/273661/amd-seemingly-working-on-cryptocurrency-focused-navi-10-gpu
https://www.techspot.com/news/87225-paypal-soon-users-buy-sell-hold-cryptocurrency.html
https://youtu.be/vUC6iMDlfMY
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x-8-core-zen-3-cpu-faster-than-intel-core-i9-10900k-single-core-benchmarks/
https://wccftech.com/intel-rocket-lake-details-officially-revealed-based-on-cypress-cove-cores-backported-from-ice-lake/
https://youtu.be/5K2TPnxknKo
https://twitter.com/TUM_APISAK/status/1320922391950708736
https://www.techpowerup.com/273798/tsmc-to-enter-mass-production-of-6th-generation-cowos-packaging-in-2023-up-to-12-hbm-stacks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sony-playstation-5/sony-seeing-very-considerable-ps5-demand-ahead-of-launch-idUSKBN27C2P5?il=0
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Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 57min
71. AMD & Intel’s Laptop Revolution: Renoir, Ultrabooks, Thermal Design | OEM Product Manager
A product manager at a MAJOR Laptop OEM joins Tom to discuss the past 15 years of Laptop Innovation…and where we will go in the next 5 years. The Ultrabook Revolution, Ryzen 4000, Zen 3, Ampere Mobile, Tiger Lake, and the trade-offs in laptop design are all discussed.
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0:11 Who is our guest? What is a Laptop Product Manager?
6:11 How COVID-19 affected IT Businesses
9:11 Do businesses find Desktops useful anymore? Docked Laptops?
17:59 When did laptops stop being so awful?
26:33 Was the “Ultrabook” movement important, or just buzzwords?
31:13 Trade-Offs in Laptop Design: Batteries, cost, weight, perf, etc
37:53 “Gaming Ultrabooks,” or “Creator Laptops.” Is this a threat to AMD’s APU initiatives?
43:41 Can we have more USB ports? Where are the 1440p laptops?
58:10 Did AMD Renoir surprise OEMs? Intel's advantages over AMD?
1:10:10 Why do OEMs use cheap thermal paste?
1:16:45 How will laptops innovate over the next 3-5 years?
1:33:05 What type of laptop do we recommend? External GPUs?
1:41:00 Will windows continue to dominate OEM laptops?
1:44:05 OLED Screens in laptops
Putting Renoir Performance in perspective: https://www.techspot.com/review/2018-amd-ryzen-4800h/
The Laptop Tom will evaluated (not recommended YET): https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-envy-laptop-15-ep0098nr
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Oct 14, 2020 • 2h 28min
70. Big Navi Reveal, Nvidia's Answer to RDNA2, Zen 3 Slays Intel| AMD’s Giants Emerge
AMD revealed its market dominating products: Zen 3 & RDNA2! We discuss these products, Nvidia Ampere, Alder Lake, Rocket Lake, & PS5. [SPONSOR: 10% off & help MLID w/ code “BROKENSILICON”: https://ridgewallet.com/BROKENSILICON]
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0:00 Intro Banter – Favorite Memes?
12:30 AMD Reveals Zen 3 on October 8th – Start of Discussion
18:38 R7 5700X….or 5700G?
26:08 Comparing Zen 3 Pricing to Zen 1…Final Words on Pricing
36:46 Big Navi Reveal – Will AMD beat the RTX 3080?
51:37 AMD Infinity Cache – RDNA 2 could be “AMD’s Maxwell Moment”
1:02:35 AMD In Talks to Buy Xilinx
1:05:54 Intel Alder Lake & Sapphire Rapids Updates
1:15:00 Rocket Lake Expectations
1:21:45 Nvidia Quadro A6000 has double the Tensor Cores of 3090
1:28:10 Nvidia Ampere Availability, Updates to the “Ultimate Play”
1:39:35 RTX 3070 Performance, 16GB models
1:49:10 Nvidia RTX 4000 Series possibly being rushed out on TSMC
1:57:35 IBM Breaking Up
2:00:10 PlayStation 5 finally gets a Teardown
2:06:10 PS5 Storage Size
2:15:10 Scalpers & Shortages in the DIY Market
https://www.amd.com/en/events/gaming-2020
https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-5000-zen3-support-rolling-out-to-amd-500-series-motherboards
https://youtu.be/SE5eYTIwoT0
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3585090/amd-radeon-rx-6000-big-navi-performance-tease-rtx-3080.html
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-rx-6000-series-gpus-to-support-the-av1-codec
https://adoredtv.com/amd-previews-radeon-rx-6000-series-gaming-performance-with-new-ryzen-5900x-cpu/
https://trademarks.justia.com/902/22/amd-infinity-90222772.html
https://youtu.be/IJHnaxZdeEk
https://wccftech.com/amd-files-new-project-quantum-patent-coming-back-from-the-dead/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amd-is-in-advanced-talks-to-buy-xilinx-11602205553?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2
https://www.techpowerup.com/273143/amd-to-enter-the-fpga-market-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-xilinx
https://youtu.be/pFIIUX1RWfg
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-alder-lake-s-cpu-with-16-cores-and-32-threads-leaks-on-sisoftware-benchmark-website
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Tiger-Lake-H-Alder-Lake-P-and-Alder-Lake-S-detailed-Alder-Lake-to-offer-up-to-8C-16T-configs-with-Xe-LP-DDR5-4400-RAM-Wi-Fi-6E-and-PCIe-Gen5-support.496197.0.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://twitter.com/davideneco25320/status/1315332115530121218
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-intros-quadro-rtx-a6000-rtx-a40-ampere-powered-workstation-cards-48-gb-memory/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-ceo-geforce-rtx-3080-and-3090-shortages-to-last-until-2021
https://twitter.com/Avery78/status/1312805847475474434
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1312822947493670912
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/geforce-graphics-cards/5/402196/nvidia-store-update-geforce-rtx-3080-and-rtx-3090-/
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-shares-official-geforce-rtx-3070-performance-figures
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-3070.c3674
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-20gb-to-launch-in-december
https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1257685298118451200
https://www.reuters.com/article/ibm-divestiture/ibm-to-break-up-109-year-old-company-to-focus-on-cloud-growth-idUSKBN26T1V1
https://youtu.be/CaAY-jAjm0w
https://videocardz.com/newz/sony-publishes-playstation-5-teardown-video
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Oct 7, 2020 • 1h 25min
69. AMD Market Share 2021, Nvidia’s Lead, Intel’s Future | Semiconductor Analyst Chris Rolland
Did wall street see AMD’s comeback coming? Do investment firms perceive the Ampere launch as more successful than Turing? How do investors see Intel’s future? Chris Rolland, Semiconductor Analyst at Susquehanna International Group, joins Tom to discuss.
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0:00 Who is our guest? What does a Sell Side Analyst do?
7:26 Remembering when AMD almost went out of business.
11:00 Nvidia’s Mining Boom (Fortnite boom lol)
15:30 Zen 1 – were Financial Analysts Impressed?
20:33 Intel’s 10nm “Faceplant” & failure to take AMD Seriously
30:11 AMD October 8th (Zen 3) Presentation Expectations
39:40 RDNA 2 Expectations, Thoughts on Turing & Ampere
46:50 AMD’s ability to take Market Share
54:40 How does Wallstreet view Ampere’s Launch?
59:50 The Nvidia ARM Deal
1:05:08 Intel’s Mountain of Cash – how much does it matter?
1:11:05 RISC-V
1:12:47 Is TESLA overvalued?
Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-rolland-6412a179/
https://www.google.com/search?q=amd+stock+price+over+time&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS857US857&oq=amd+stock+price+over+time&aqs=chrome.0.0l2.3952j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announced-five-cpus-12-cores-for-499-up-to-46-ghz-pcie-40-coming-77
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/amd-announced-the-ryzen-9-3950x-a-16-core-mainstream-processor
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1312822947493670912
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Sep 29, 2020 • 2h 3min
68. AMD RDNA 2, R9 5900X 5GHz, Nvidia Problems, Intel Tiger Lake | Eye of the Storm
Nvidia Ampere & Intel Tiger Lake are officially out, but next month should prove even crazier! RDNA 2, Zen 3, PS5, & XBOX Series X are right around the corner… This week feels like a temporary calm before an even bigger storm of gaming hardware news bombards us.
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0:00 Intro Banter
6:56 RDNA 2 Update & Hints
12:05 Zen 3 Update
21:01 Will Nvidia launch a Titan? Possible responses if RDNA2's great?
27:07 RTX 3090 Review Discussion & Quadro Ampere Leak
33:40 What went wrong with Ampere?
46:29 RTX 3080 Black Screens & Hardware Issues
58:21 RTX 3070 16GB, 3080 20GB, 3060 8GB
1:04:30 Nvidia SLI Cancelled
1:08:40 TSMC 5nm Wafer Costs, 3nm in 2023: Can Samsung keep up?
1:20:35 Intel Tiger Lake Reviews & Discussion
1:33:20 PS5 Oodle loads textures @17.38GB/s, compresses game sizes
1:40:10 AMD’s DLSS, Console storage sizes [Final Reader Mail]
1:50:25 RDNA 2 Availability, RDNA 3 Talk
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-5900x-vermeer-12-core-24-thread-cpu-allegedly-up-to-5-ghz-150w-tdp/
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-5800x-vermeer-8-core-16-thread-zen-3-cpu-benchmark-leaks-out/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvU_thLGEoM&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=Moore%27sLawIsDead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeXh9x0sUc&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GamersNexus
https://www.techspot.com/review/2105-geforce-rtx-3090/
https://youtu.be/Cf6g9U44NLU
https://www.igorslab.de/en/simple-pad-mod-for-the-force-rtx-3080-founders-edition-slowers-the-gddr6x-temperature-by-a-whopping-8-degrees/
https://twitter.com/BradChacos/status/1310685745133350912
https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-3080-sees-increasing-reports-of-crashes-in-games
https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-quietly-changes-geforce-rtx-3080-gaming-x-trio-design-amid-stability-concerns
https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-owners-report-fewer-crashes-after-updating-drivers
https://www.techpowerup.com/272676/nvidia-aib-partners-clarify-rtx-3080-3090-crash-to-desktop-issues-capacitor-choices
https://www.techpowerup.com/272685/nvidia-releases-game-ready-456-55-whql-driver-with-improved-stability-of-rtx-3000-series-cards-support-for-star-wars-squadrons
https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1310652510324035586
https://twitter.com/hms1193/status/1310613063742164996
https://videocardz.com/newz/gigabyte-confirms-geforce-rtx-3060-8gb-rtx-3070-16gb-and-rtx-3080-20gb
https://www.techpowerup.com/272378/nvidia-will-stop-creating-sli-driver-profiles-after-january-2021
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/240783/sooo-will-gears-ever-get-sli-support/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
https://www.techspot.com/news/86813-analysts-believe-single-tsmc-5nm-wafer-costs-17000.html
https://twitter.com/chiakokhua/status/1306437988801486848
https://www.techpowerup.com/272670/tsmc-ramps-up-3-nm-node-production
https://www.hardwaretimes.com/intel-reportedly-cancels-rocket-lake-u-8-core-tiger-lake-u-ddr5-alder-lake-p-in-pipeline/
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1309631197639835653
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16084/intel-tiger-lake-review-deep-dive-core-11th-gen/14
https://www.notebookcheck.net/PlayStation-5-I-O-unit-gets-seriously-souped-up-to-a-potential-17-38-GB-s-bandwidth-thanks-to-potent-combination-of-Oodle-Kraken-and-Oodle-Texture.496015.0.html
https://wccftech.com/ps5-io-system-to-be-supercharged-by-oodle-texture-bandwidth-goes-up-to-17-38gb-s/
https://cbloomrants.blogspot.com/2020/09/how-oodle-kraken-and-oodle-texture.html?m=1
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/75401/xbox-series-os-takes-up-131gb-of-ssd-space-or-14-storage-memory/index.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=tweaktown Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 22, 2020 • 2h 15min
67. AMD Zen 3 Milan, RDNA2 vs Ampere, Nvidia buying ARM | Level1techs Wendell
Wendell from Level1Techs joins Tom to discuss the latest in Silicon. Nvidia buying ARM, AMD Zen 3, Ampere, RDNA 2, & XBOX.[SPONSOR: https://www.cdkoffers.com/]
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0:00 Intro Banter (Linux People)
4:30 What did Wendell expect from Zen 1 in 2016?
13:10 Zen 3 and Intel’s Situation
17:08 Threadripper Milan, Intel’s Latency Advantage
30:11 Zen 2 Rome’s weaknesses
35:11 Monolithic AMD vs big.LITTLE Intel, Lucienne APU Info
47:22 Small Form Factor & APU future, Edge Computing
1:00:14 Ampere Availability & Price Manipulation, is FE > AIB?
1:11:48 Nvidia Ampere Performance, The future of Ray Tracing
1:24:20 RDNA 2 Info, Should anyone wait for Hopper/RDNA3?
1:37:35 Console Availability, Microsoft buying Bethesda
1:43:40 Nvidia buying ARM Discussion
1:57:40 Desktop ARM, RISC-V Adoption, Apple Silicon, IBM Power10
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Level1Techs Forum: https://forum.level1techs.com/
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https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-rx-6000-series-navi-21-16-gb-navi-22-12-gb-gpu-vram/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2020/09/20/lg-oled-tvs-having-issues-with-latest-nvidia-rtx-30-graphics-cards/#30c4b41d267a
https://www.notebookcheck.net/PS5-and-Xbox-Series-X-next-gen-consoles-could-face-shortages-until-mid-2021.494964.0.html
https://www.cnet.com/news/xbox-expansion-microsoft-buys-fallout-maker-bethesdas-parent-company-for-7-5b/
https://www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/nvidia-s-ultimate-play
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