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.
Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRPdsCVuH53rcbTcEkuY4uQ
Patreon That Makes this Possible:
https://www.patreon.com/MooresLawIsDead
Music by SAHARA, who were awesome enough to give written permission to use their music. Please visit their excellent Alternative Rock Music at https://soundcloud.com/saharasuck
Episodes
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Oct 15, 2019 • 1h 47min
17. Wireless VR Gaming, 5G, Network Attack Vectors
Today’s guest is a Network Engineer with a lot to say about how big 5G is, how bad Intel’s security problems are, and the future of VR.
3:50 No Mitigation is Perfect
14:26 How John Pedesta’s Email Account was Hacked
17:25 EXCLUSIVE: New Banking Attack & How to Avoid it
28:00 Good Password Security
37:58 Why does Intel have so Many Vulnerabilities?
48:00 Why 5G and Wifi 6 are Important
1:01:17 Wireless VR Gaming on Next Gen
1:12:00 Will 5G give me Cancer?!
1:18:45 Will physical network connections become obsolete?
1:28:00 The Future of VR.
https://twitter.com/theboom1?s=17
https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/security-bulletins/
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Oct 9, 2019 • 1h 22min
16. Big Navi vs Ampere, and Custom SOC’s
Where should someone go for good Tech Advice in 2019? 4:50
Zen 3 Update (Recorded 10/5/19) 10:00
Navi 12 19:35
Navi 14 27:20
Is 4GB enough for 1080p? 29:00
1660 Super 31:00
Nvidia Ampere 36:25
New CPU Releases Galore 45:00
Microsoft Surface 48:57
Why AMD’s Surface Win is a Big Deal 53:45
Why Cascade Lake-X is a Joke 56:57
PC Gaming Costs in Late 2019 1:02:10
Read Dead Redemption 2 Comes to PC 1:05:20
https://wccftech.com/amd-zen-3-epyc-milan-and-zen-4-epyc-genoa-server-cpu-detailed/
https://youtu.be/GCSfHjCN4-4
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-radeon-navi-14-navi-12-gpu-leak-13-tflops
https://youtu.be/lzJWS3gLOuw
https://videocardz.com/82059/amd-to-announce-radeon-rx-5500-on-october-7th
https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-confirms-geforce-gtx-1660-super-is-coming#disqus_thread
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-next-generation-ampere-7nm-graphics-cards-landing-1h-2020/
https://www.techpowerup.com/259595/intel-core-i9-9900ks-to-cost-around-usd-600
https://www.techpowerup.com/259596/biostar-lists-unannounced-amd-ryzen-9-3900-processor
https://www.techpowerup.com/259611/intel-gen12-igpu-with-96-execution-units-rears-its-head-in-compubench
https://www.techpowerup.com/259742/amd-and-microsoft-announce-new-15-inch-thin-and-light-microsoft-surface-laptop-3
https://youtu.be/KT3SkVXaVEM
https://www.anandtech.com/show/14925/intel-cascade-lakex-for-hedt-18-cores-for-under-1000
https://www.techpowerup.com/259795/amd-ryzen-cpus-to-get-plenty-of-microcode-improvements
https://www.pcgamer.com/grab-the-amd-rx-5700-for-its-lowest-price-ever-at-dollar290/
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-less-than-200-free-games-included/?fbclid=IwAR0al34bmzu2Kee4jdJo7NZgcd1F2JY5I_h-zlKPQQhJCZqoBI7AtByK1gs
https://wccftech.com/red-dead-redemption-2-pc-release-date/?fbclid=IwAR0oZFWHMXStjpi76l3DBEqrou5ae_lPo1Ttu89oljRQf2l1SgUFdmgIplk
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Oct 1, 2019 • 1h 37min
15. Not An Apple Fan: Ray Tracing War of 2021
0:25 Do Jedi’s wear Underwear?
5:45 Remembering the RTX 2000 Launch
9:11 Where RTX needs to be for Mainstream Adoption
12:30 Why we are so critical of RTX (It’s not the price)
15:07 Comparing Turing to Kepler
25:35 Nvidia’s Answer to RDNA 2.0 Ray Tracing
30:00 Next Gen Ray Tracing
55:00 The Performance of Next Gen
58:30 When will big Navi Come out?
1:11:50 Dealing with the Haters.
1:19:00 NAAF on Zen 2 Boost Clocks
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UColGq9X_Fi9LedYSK6ZfrkQ
https://www.techpowerup.com/259080/amd-agesa-1-0-0-3abba-detailed-fixes-zen2-boost-issues
https://youtu.be/CvFftDYN6LQ
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Sep 24, 2019 • 1h 49min
14. i9-9900KS, PS5 Pro Ray Tracing, Intel Lawsuits
This Episode feels like it is the calm before the storm of non-stop product launches over the next 14 months. Threadripper 3000, i9-9900KS, Tiger Lake, Budget Zen, Navi 14, and Next Gen Ray Tracing are all coming! TIMESTAMPS:
0:20 Intro Banter
4:00 NetCat Security Lawsuit
8:05 9900KS, TigerLake, Threadripper 3
34:05 Insane new SSD’s Launching
37:35 Zen in Flagship Laptops!
40:00 Sister Zen Architecture Coming Soon!
44:47 RX 5600 and 5500 next month!
50:20 PS5 Pro and RDNA 2.0
1:18:00 The Future of Nvidia Ray Tracing
1:39:00 The Future of Moore’s Law Is Dead
https://youtu.be/R7ctspiXq8U
https://wccftech.com/amd-zen-3-epyc-milan-cpus-better-performance-per-watt-intel-10nm-xeon-ice-lake-sp/
https://wccftech.com/intel-core-i9-9900ks-5-ghz-cpu-127w-tdp-october-launch/
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-tiger-lake-l3-cache-avx-512,40411.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-agesa-abba-boost-clock-fix-performance-ryzen-3900x/3.html
https://www.techspot.com/news/81967-samsung-unveils-pcie-40-ssds-never-die.html
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/67687/aorus-gen4-aic-8tb-ssd-pcie-4-packs-up-15gb-sec/index.html
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Surface-Laptop-3-A-15-inch-variant-and-AMD-Ryzen-3000-SKUs.434805.0.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/259264/amd-readies-the-low-power-dali-apu-for-thin-and-light-notebooks
https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/navi-12-navi-14-rx-5600-rx-5500-october-15-launch
https://wccftech.com/playstation-5-pro-reveal/
https://wccftech.com/world-of-tanks-intel-ray-tracing/
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Sep 18, 2019 • 36min
13. Coreteks: "Raytracing is a Flying Car That Can’t Fly"
0:30 Intro
2:00 How Coreteks chose his name
4:52 Arcturus and RDNA
7:00 Did Coreteks expect Zen to succeed?
9:50 The Problem with Techtubers in 2019
15:28 Coretek’s Hilarious Raytracing Analogy
17:10 What would cause Intel to be Doomed?
22:00 How Tom and Coreteks decide when to make videos.
22:58 Reader Mail Questions
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Sep 12, 2019 • 1h 39min
12. Jingjia GPU's, Threadripper 3, & 2080Ti Super.
"Big" is the word. Big 48-core Threadripper, BIG Jingjia HBM GPU's, and BIG 2080 Ti Super. Listen in on what Tom and Dan discuss!
https://www.techpowerup.com/258626/amd-ryzen-5-3500-to-lack-smt-takes-on-core-i5-9400
https://www.techspot.com/news/81722-amd-address-ryzen-3000-boost-clock-issues-bios.html
https://wccftech.com/intel-phantom-canyon-nuc-tiger-lake-cpu-detailed/
https://www.techpowerup.com/258196/intel-tiger-lake-supports-pcie-gen-4-and-features-xe-graphics-phantom-canyon-nuc-detailed
https://www.techpowerup.com/258739/amd-readies-three-hedt-chipsets-trx40-trx80-and-wrx80
https://youtu.be/4cKuI40IhFY
https://hothardware.com/news/amd-threadripper-3000-zen-2-hedt-cpus-gain-pci-sig-msi-trx40
https://wccftech.com/amd-milan-cpu-has-15-dies/
https://www.techpowerup.com/258948/intel-core-i9-9900ks-to-be-available-from-october
https://www.techpowerup.com/258746/amd-makes-gains-in-gpu-shipments-in-q2-2019-jon-peddie-research
https://www.techspot.com/news/81595-rtx-2080-ti-super-apparently-exclusive-not-always.html
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-teams-up-with-asus-to-launch-the-worlds-most-powerful-mobile-workstation-with-desktop-like-rtx-quadro-6000-24gb/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sep 4, 2019 • 31min
11. The Era of Amazing AIB GPU’s
I first got really heavy into PC Hardware in 2008-2014, and while there were only 2 serious GPU manufacturers back then; the incredible custom cards AIB's created made it feel like there were 3 or 4 players in the space. Let's talk about how great custom cards used to be...
https://www.techpowerup.com/review/powercolor-hd-6870-x2/27.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/powercolor-hd-6870-x2.b525
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-hd-6850-x2.c1698
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/powercolor-hd-6870-x2.b525
https://youtu.be/EjzqLmgb8ig
https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-100351txsr/p/N82E16814102997
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/afox-hd-7850-low-profile.b839
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Aug 23, 2019 • 1h 40min
10. The Good Old Gamer: Fair Prices & Could PC's Hold Back Consoles?
Chris and Tom talk come together to talk about what really makes a good GPU, and then of course end up talking about a bunch of other stuff as usual. This includes when raytracing will be practical, good game design, and the idea that Next Gen consoles may actually be held back by the stagnating PC market... Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Aug 11, 2019 • 1h 39min
9. RX 5700 vs RTX 2070, ARM GPU's, Ice Lake Reviews, and 2025 PC's
In this episode Tom and Dan kick back and discuss just how crazy the next 5-10 years in Computer Hardware is going to be. ARM GPU's, Ice Lake, and Zen 3 are just the tip of the Iceberg.
https://twitter.com/mooreslawisdead/status/1159200721826398213
https://www.techpowerup.com/258004/next-generation-intel-xeon-scalable-processors-to-deliver-breakthrough-platform-performance-with-up-to-56-processor-cores
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-5-3500-ryzen-7-3700-ryzen-9-3900-65w-cpus-spotted/
https://www.techspot.com/review/1885-ryzen-5-3600-vs-core-i5-9400f/
https://www.techpowerup.com/257879/intel-launches-first-10th-gen-core-processors-redefining-the-next-era-of-laptop-experiences
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBzhzVdoyxU&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Fcrbpy5iQ
https://www.techpowerup.com/257887/custom-design-rx-5700-xt-to-start-at-usd-399-powercolor
https://www.techpowerup.com/258012/sapphire-radeon-rx-5700-xt-pulse-pictured-listed
https://www.techpowerup.com/257968/asus-radeon-rx-5700-xt-rog-strix-and-rx-5700-tuf-gaming-x3-pictured
https://wccftech.com/xfx-radeon-rx-5700-xt-thicc2-graphics-card-custom/
https://wccftech.com/amd-ceo-7nm-navi-high-end-graphics-cards-and-4th-gen-ryzen-cpus/
https://www.techpowerup.com/257761/amd-readies-larger-7nm-navi-12-silicon-to-power-radeon-rx-5800-series
https://wccftech.com/exclusive-lisa-su-considers-a-role-beyond-amd-and-prepares-a-successor/
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Aug 2, 2019 • 1h 19min
Episode 8: Cloud Engineer talks Intel Securiy, Nvidia, & the future of Server Chips.
In this interview an anonymous Server Engineer goes through his history with Intel's security vulnerabilities, Nvidia's instability, and the future of server chips. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.


