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Discussing Lunar Lake, Zen 5, Blackwell, and RDNA 4 w/ High Yield! (Guest Telegrams)
The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by High Yield yet again! We will be heavily discussing Zen 5 vs Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake, Strix, and upcoming GPU launches But of course, you can ask us ANYTHING about recent or future hardware releases (whether PC of console). This is one of those episodes that will be heavilysteered by what YOU want us to talk about!Just make sure you use good grammar, are as concise as possible, and are...
Broken Silicon 262: Qualcomm X Elite Review, RTX 5000 Specs, Intel Angry Devs Leak, AMD Zen 5 Price
We evaluate the Snapdragon X Elite, leak new Intel Instability Testimonials, and discuss Zen 5!!!0:00 Tom Suddenly has a Zen 4 Build, Naming Schemes (Intro Banter)8:50 Apple Unveils “Apple Intelligence”20:13 Qualcomm X Elite Releases to Mixed Reviews41:29 Will Qualcomm generational gains outpace AMD & Intel?52:11 AMD Confirms Zen 5 Performance Details59:13 Zen 5 Pricing Exclusively Leaked by MLID1:13:41 Will Zen 6 increase laptop core counts?...
Broken Silicon 262 (Video): Qualcomm X Elite Review, RTX 5000 Specs, Intel Angry Devs Leak, AMD Zen 5 Price
We evaluate the Snapdragon X Elite, leak new Intel Instability Testimonials, and discuss Zen 5!!!0:00 Tom Suddenly has a Zen 4 Build, Naming Schemes (Intro Banter)8:50 Apple Unveils “Apple Intelligence”20:13 Qualcomm X Elite Releases to Mixed Reviews41:29 Will Qualcomm generational gains outpace AMD & Intel?52:11 AMD Confirms Zen 5 Performance Details59:13 Zen 5 Pricing Exclusively Leaked by MLID1:13:41 Will Zen 6 increase laptop core counts?...
Die Shrink 127: XBOX Legal Leak Retrospective w/ MelodicWarrior
Tom & MelodicWarrior discuss patterns and details people missed from the XBOX Legal Leak, talk about XBOX’s pivot towards mobile, and even debate if PS5 needs a price drop.0:00 Console Fanboyism & VOIP quality compared to 15 years ago5:05 Things people missed from the XBOX Legal Leak10:11 xCloud Fallacies, PS5 Cloud Streaming (lack of) Success20:28 Why the “Netflix Model” is one that almost always FAILS27:00 Why XBOX decided to start buying...
Die Shrink 127: XBOX Legal Leak Retrospective w/ MelodicWarrior
Tom & MelodicWarrior discuss patterns and details people missed from the XBOX Legal Leak, talk about XBOX’s pivot towards mobile, and even debate if PS5 needs a price drop.0:00 Console Fanboyism & VOIP quality compared to 15 years ago5:05 Things people missed from the XBOX Legal Leak10:11 xCloud Fallacies, PS5 Cloud Streaming (lack of) Success20:28 Why the “Netflix Model” is one that almost always FAILS27:00 Why XBOX decided to start buying...
Broken Silicon 261 (Video): Nintendo Switch 2 Performance, PS5 Pro, AMD Zen 5 | Spirit of the North 2 Devs
The Creators of Spirit of the North 2 join to discuss next gen consoles and game development!0:00 Founding Infuse Studio8:56 How Game Development has changed over the past decade12:47 Game Developer Layoffs26:14 Has AAA Development become bloated?32:58 Scaling Studios with Success & Game Design 47:41 PC Minimum Requirements - How are they Decided?51:23 Nintendo Switch 2 Performance – Enough for AAA?1:02:28 Console CPU Limitations 1:10:05 PlaySt...
Broken Silicon 261: Nintendo Switch 2 Performance, PS5 Pro, AMD Zen 5 | Spirit of the North 2 Devs
The Creators of Spirit of the North 2 join to discuss next gen consoles and game development!0:00 Founding Infuse Studio8:56 How Game Development has changed over the past decade12:47 Game Developer Layoffs26:14 Has AAA Development become bloated?32:58 Scaling Studios with Success & Game Design 47:41 PC Minimum Requirements - How are they Decided?51:23 Nintendo Switch 2 Performance – Enough for AAA?1:02:28 Console CPU Limitations 1:10:05 PlaySt...
May 2024 Loose Ends (Audio): RDNA 4 Release Date, AMD Zen 5 Pricing, Nvidia RTX 5090 28GB, Intel Lunar Lake
I discuss the latest AMD, Intel, and Nvidia rumors trickling out of Computex!0:00 Intro Rambling1:02 RTX 5090 & 5080 Release Date Whispers5:13 AMD RDNA 4 Release Date Whispers9:08 RTX 5090 28GB Thoughts13:19 (AD) Micro Center has a Charlotte, NC location now!!!15:19 Intel Lunar Lake Misconceptions26:29 AMD Zen 5 costs less to produce than you think...31:45 Zen 5 DDR5 "sweet spot", Intel Sandbagging IPC35:00 Zen 5 Boost Clocks and X3D Pric...
May 2024 Loose Ends: RDNA 4 Release Date, AMD Zen 5 Pricing, Nvidia RTX 5090 28GB, Intel Lunar Lake
I discuss the latest AMD, Intel, and Nvidia rumors trickling out of Computex!0:00 Intro Rambling1:02 RTX 5090 & 5080 Release Date Whispers5:13 AMD RDNA 4 Release Date Whispers9:08 RTX 5090 28GB Thoughts13:19 (AD) Micro Center has a Charlotte, NC location now!!!15:19 Intel Lunar Lake Misconceptions26:29 AMD Zen 5 costs less to produce than you think...31:45 Zen 5 DDR5 "sweet spot", Intel Sandbagging IPC35:00 Zen 5 Boost Clocks and X3D Pric...
XBOX Legal Leak Retrospective, XBOX Mobile, and PS5 Pricing w/ MelodicWarrior (Die Shrink Telegrams)
Tonight MLID Discord Member MelodicWarrior will be joining Tom to discuss things he learned, and that he believes people still have missed, from the XBOX Leak after reading allof the documents in it!We will also be talking about the new launch of XBOX Mobile and what that means for Game Pass, and also briefly touch on Sony's situation in console with PS5.You have ~5 hours to submit below in the event you have any thoughts on these subjects. :...
Reader Mail for May Loose Ends
In the next two days Tom will be doing a Loose Ends that plans to touch on these subjects from the past 5 weeks:Nvidia notannouncing the RTX 5080 & 5090AMD Sound Wave ARM APUMidrange GPU Pricing hitting record lowsAMD Zen 5 & StrixIntel Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake (including new details popping up about performance)Qualcomm Snapdragon X ElitePS5 Pro & Nintendo Switch 2 rumors continue to swirlYou have ~20 hours from now to submit! As always be concis...
Discussing Zen 5, Lunar Lake, PS5 Pro, and Switch 2 w/ Spirit of The North Devs!
The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by Tayler & Jacob, founders of Infuse Studio! These are people that Tom has actually met in person years ago, and they are VERY excited to answer an eclectic set of questions regarding:Challenges and lesser known things about Game DevelopmentWhat it's like to be an "Indie Dev" in 2024 vs in 2010How CPU, GPU, VRAM, SSD, and NPU Performance influence the performance of a game.AM...
Broken Silicon 260: Intel Lunar Lake Analysis, Arrow Lake IPC, AMD Zen 5 Strix, Nvidia AI Computex
Lion Cove is only getting a 14% IPC increase, and we discuss all Computex 2024 News!00:00 Tom needs Sleep, but he saw Modest Mouse! (Intro Banter)3:44 Onshoring Silicon Misconceptions (Corrections)9:30 Midrange GPU Pricing's INSANE, AMD Rebaits Backfires19:39 Should you sell your 4090? How strong can RDNA 4 be?25:52 Nvidia Unveils Vera Rubin & Snubs Gamers at Computex33:44 Is Nvidia overhyped? Is the Copilot+ TOPs requirement arbitrary?36:03 ...
Broken Silicon 260: Intel Lunar Lake Analysis, Arrow Lake IPC, AMD Zen 5 Strix, Nvidia AI Computex
Lion Cove is only getting a 14% IPC increase, and we discuss all Computex 2024 News!00:00 Tom needs Sleep, but he saw Modest Mouse! (Intro Banter)3:44 Onshoring Silicon Misconceptions (Corrections)9:30 Midrange GPU Pricing's INSANE, AMD Rebaits Backfires19:39 Should you sell your 4090? How strong can RDNA 4 be?25:52 Nvidia Unveils Vera Rubin & Snubs Gamers at Computex33:44 Is Nvidia overhyped? Is the Copilot+ TOPs requirement arbitrary?36:03 ...
Die Shrink 126 (Video): Can Call of Duty save XBOX Game Pass?
We discuss the significance of Game Pass getting COD, Microsoft’s goals, and the future of XBOX.0:00 Content Release Updates5:00 Immediate Reactions to COD coming to Game Pass15:36 Psychological Barriers to Game Pass Succeeding21:29 What outcome would be a considered a “success” by Microsoft?31:29 Is there a backup plan if this fails? How could MS evolve Game Pass?https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-confirms-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-day-...
Die Shrink 126: Can Call of Duty save XBOX Game Pass?
We discuss the significance of Game Pass getting COD, Microsoft’s goals, and the future of XBOX.0:00 Content Release Updates5:00 Immediate Reactions to COD coming to Game Pass15:36 Psychological Barriers to Game Pass Succeeding21:29 What outcome would be a considered a “success” by Microsoft?31:29 Is there a backup plan if this fails? How could MS evolve Game Pass?https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-confirms-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-day-...
Could Call of Duty save XBOX Game Pass? (Die Shrink Telegrams)
Sorry for the short notice, but in an hour or so we will be recording an impromptu episode about the recent announcement that XBOX will be putting the next Call of Duty on Game Pass. The fact is that we won't have time to discuss this for the next Broken Silicon due to all of the Computex news about to drop...and so we wanted to cover it now!Write in below with your thoughts about if this will make a big difference for the survivability of G...
Broken Silicon 259 (Video): US Gov't Buying AMD, RDNA 4 w/ FSR 4, Nvidia RTX 5080 Export | Defense Engineer
We discuss how AMD is taking US Gov't Market Share from Intel, Nvidia AI, and Future Warfare.0:00 Defense Leaks in Gaming Forums5:20 The State of FSR, and what FSR 4.0 needs to Achieve11:41 AMD Marketing is Adrift…19:20 RTX 5080 Pricing & Nvidia’s Market Dominance33:30 RDNA 4, PS5 Pro PSSR, Intel Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake46:08 AMD taking US Gov’t Market Share from Intel1:12:15 Trusted Foundry Certification, US Chips Act1:21:51 Is it poss...
Broken Silicon 259: US Gov't Buying AMD, RDNA 4 w/ FSR 4, Nvidia RTX 5080 Export | Defense Engineer
We discuss how AMD is taking US Gov't Market Share from Intel, Nvidia AI, and Future Warfare.0:00 Defense Leaks in Gaming Forums5:20 The State of FSR, and what FSR 4.0 needs to Achieve11:41 AMD Marketing is Adrift…19:20 RTX 5080 Pricing & Nvidia’s Market Dominance33:30 RDNA 4, PS5 Pro PSSR, Intel Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake46:08 AMD taking US Gov’t Market Share from Intel1:12:15 Trusted Foundry Certification, US Chips Act1:21:51 Is it poss...
Discussing the US Gov't switching to AMD, FSR vs DLSS, AI, and Blackwell w/ Defense Engineer
The next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by "Matt", an Engineer working in the Defense industry for the US Government! He has technically been on before as the "Gov't Engineer", and now he has gotten the OK to speak more openly about what he does and what he is seeing regarding purchasing decisions at the department of defense.The US Government switching to AMD from IntelIntel's FutureAMD Strix Point, Strix...
Broken Silicon 258 (Video): 256C Zen 6 CONFIRMED, AMD Zen 5 Strix AI Naming, XBOX Meltdown, Nvidia RTX 5080
We release NEW AMD “AI 9 100” whispers, and discuss the latest gaming hardware news!0:00 Wendy's a Long Girl & Tom's Studio is Cleaner (Intro Banter)4:35 Nvidia Poised to Launch RTX 5080 early…for China…15:10 Dell Roadmap leak confirms MLID’s Intel Leaks25:19 Apple introduces M430:00 Is AMD about to copy Intel’s Ultra Stupid naming convention?45:48 Zen 6 Core Counts Confirmed50:10 AMD Sound Wave leaked to utilize ARM, not x86!...
Broken Silicon 258: 256C Zen 6 CONFIRMED, AMD Zen 5 Strix AI Naming, XBOX Meltdown, Nvidia RTX 5080
We release NEW AMD “AI 9 100” whispers, and discuss the latest gaming hardware news!0:00 Wendy's a Long Girl & Tom's Studio is Cleaner (Intro Banter)4:35 Nvidia Poised to Launch RTX 5080 early…for China…15:10 Dell Roadmap leak confirms MLID’s Intel Leaks25:19 Apple introduces M430:00 Is AMD about to copy Intel’s Ultra Stupid naming convention?45:48 Zen 6 Core Counts Confirmed50:10 AMD Sound Wave leaked to utilize ARM, not x86!...
Die Shrink 125 (Video): Tom as CEO of Nvidia, AMD RDNA 5, Intel Arrow Lake (Mail Bag 25)
Tom & Dan discuss an eclectic set of Nvidia, AMD, Intel, XBOX, and PlayStation questions.0:00 No, Vite Ramen didn’t Hospitalize Tom lol4:18 AMD Zermatt & Breithorn6:52 Digital PlayStation Buttons, Spiderman 2 Hacked to PC17:01 What could have fixed XBOX Game Pass?23:37 What would Tom do with GeForce if he was CEO?31:00 RDNA 5 Competitiveness34:05 Arrow Lake Power Targets in a Post-Baseline World37:43 Samsung Foundries
Die Shrink 125: Tom as CEO of Nvidia, AMD RDNA 5, Intel Arrow Lake (Mail Bag 25)
Tom & Dan discuss an eclectic set of Nvidia, AMD, Intel, XBOX, and PlayStation questions.0:00 No, Vite Ramen didn’t Hospitalize Tom lol4:18 AMD Zermatt & Breithorn6:52 Digital PlayStation Buttons, Spiderman 2 Hacked to PC17:01 What could have fixed XBOX Game Pass?23:37 What would Tom do with GeForce if he was CEO?31:00 RDNA 5 Competitiveness34:05 Arrow Lake Power Targets in a Post-Baseline World37:43 Samsung Foundries
Broken Silicon 257 (Video): Nvidia buying Intel, RTX 5000 Pricing, AMD Zen 5 Strix, TSMC 2nm | Daniel Nenni
The founder of SemiWiki.comjoins to discus the future of Nvidia, Intel, AMD, and TSMC!0:00 Daniel Nenni Introduction, Semiconductor News is Mainstream5:23 Why did Nvidia move Blackwell to 4nm? Is AMD skipping 3nm?13:06 Intel Arrow Lake on TSMC 3nm - A mistake?27:33 Intel’s Financial Situation – Can they Survive Zen 5?42:11 Could Nvidia buy Intel? Will AMD start acting like Nvidia?55:17 Would Nvidia ever leave GPU for more AI profits?1:15:04...
Broken Silicon 257: Nvidia buying Intel, RTX 5000 Pricing, AMD Zen 5 Strix, TSMC 2nm | Daniel Nenni
The founder of SemiWiki.comjoins to discus the future of Nvidia, Intel, AMD, and TSMC!0:00 Daniel Nenni Introduction, Semiconductor News is Mainstream5:23 Why did Nvidia move Blackwell to 4nm? Is AMD skipping 3nm?13:06 Intel Arrow Lake on TSMC 3nm - A mistake?27:33 Intel’s Financial Situation – Can they Survive Zen 5?42:11 Could Nvidia buy Intel? Will AMD start acting like Nvidia?55:17 Would Nvidia ever leave GPU for more AI profits?1:15:04...
Discussing Intel's Future, TSMC, AMD, Nvidia, and AI w/ Daniel Nenni
Broken Silicon's next episode will see the return of Daniel Nenni, founder of SemiWiki.com! We plan to heavily discuss Intel's current situaiton, if IFS can ever catch up to TSMC, future SAMSUNG Nodes, and upcoming AMD & Nvidia products. This will be a more professional and silicon-focused episode than usual, but still one where almost any question can be asked.So, don't hold back! Your submissions below will heavily steer the focus o...
Broken Silicon 256 (Video): RTX 5060 8GB, RTX 5070 12GB, MSI backs Nvidia, AMD Zen 5 Strix, Intel Baseline
We discuss leaked Blackwell VRAM capacity, Zen 5 Strix Halo, and Intel’s Situation.0:00 Tom's back from Vegas & Dan has a Truffle Pig6:44 RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, 5060 Laptop Configurations Leaked12:46 DLSS 4.0, RTX 5060 8GB, RTX 5070 Ti vs Navi 48 Laptops29:48 MSI backs Nvidia - An outlier, or a new trend?38:18 Intel Baseline Bios nerfs the i9-14900K, Intel Reliability called into Question49:13 Intel & AMD Report Q1 Earnings - Can Intel af...
Broken Silicon 256: RTX 5060 8GB, RTX 5070 12GB, MSI backs Nvidia, AMD Zen 5 Strix, Intel Baseline
We discuss leaked Blackwell VRAM capacity, Zen 5 Strix Halo, and Intel’s Situation.0:00 Tom's back from Vegas & Dan has a Truffle Pig6:44 RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, 5060 Laptop Configurations Leaked12:46 DLSS 4.0, RTX 5060 8GB, RTX 5070 Ti vs Navi 48 Laptops29:48 MSI backs Nvidia - An outlier, or a new trend?38:18 Intel Baseline Bios nerfs the i9-14900K, Intel Reliability called into Question49:13 Intel & AMD Report Q1 Earnings - Can Intel af...
April 2024 Loose Ends (AD FREE Video): Nvidia RTX 5080 & 5070 Ti Laptop Leak, Intel OEM Outlook, RDNA 4, AMD Zen 5 Strix
I leak Blackwell Laptop GPU details, disclose what OEMs are saying about Intel, and conduct Q&A!0:00 A Rough Day for the Family1:35 Nvidia RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti, and 5060 Laptop Leak!!!5:47 OEM Outlook for Intel Laptops12:00 Will AMD use HBM in consumer products anytime soon?15:00 Zen 5 Strix Halo19:00 Zen 5 / 6 / 7 on AM527:00 Arrow Lake & Lunar Lake Expectations32:00 Future AMD Handhelds38:00 Will Strix Point match RTX 3060 performance?41:00 ...
