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 Ser...
2021-05-17 23:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostOur next guest will be an Azure SAP Engineer! Planned subjects include:
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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...
2021-05-11 00:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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: 2021-05-07 17:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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 qu...
2021-05-06 19:40:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Semic...
2021-05-03 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-05-02 23:46:39 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-05-02 00:51:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-04-26 23:14:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2021-04-23 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostTom & 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 me...
2021-04-20 17:45:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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 T...
2021-04-19 19:20:20 +0000 UTC View PostMy 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...
2021-04-13 23:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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) 2021-04-12 21:27:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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 r...
2021-04-08 21:04:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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 b...
2021-04-05 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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?
<... 2021-04-02 00:51:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
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...
2021-03-30 22:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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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: 2021-03-29 18:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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?<...
2021-03-29 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 View PostBOTH 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 HWU...
2021-03-24 16:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostYou 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 activel...
2021-03-23 21:55:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
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 jus...
2021-03-19 01:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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 – Eth...
2021-03-16 00:52:21 +0000 UTC View Post
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 grap...
2021-03-12 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
