Podcast #792 - Qualcomm Wants to Buy Intel, Lunar Lake Laptop Reviews, Fractal Era 2 Review, Three Mile Island +more!

We're back on the air with the Intel Ultra 200V, keeping offline Office alive, OpenAI manipulations, and some sweet reviews of Fractal gear like their new Era 2 mITX case and their Refine chair.  Very mindful.  Enjoy the "Caaash" segment too as we smash our way through the news.00:00 Intro02:01 Unnecessarily weighing in on the Panels app controversy04:22 Food with Josh (FREE edition)07:16 Qualcomm wants to buy Intel10:39 Intel Lunar Lake laptop reviews are up17:01 MS Office for the stubbornly offline19:02 Microsoft needs to spin up a nuclear plant to power "ai"24:51 More "ai" content - this time a malicious memory manipulation27:27 Removing the iPhone 16 battery is shocking29:55 (in)Security Corner38:22 Podcast sponsor - 1password XAM39:35 Gaming Quick Hits44:55 Fractal Era 2 mITX case review56:44 Fractal Refine chair review1:03:43 Picks of the Week1:19:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel does "fabulous" after seperating, what does MS do after Crowdstrike, after early Threadrippers, after the 4090, and after better AGESA for Ryzen 9000. We get after it this episode, enjoy!00:00 Intro01:43 Food with Josh02:51 Intel spins off fab into separate foundry company10:24 New AGESA improves Ryzen 9000 inter-core latency17:42 Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs dropped from Ryzen Master19:43 Rumor has it that NVIDIA is preparing to discontinue the 409020:58 Maybe "ai" will replace those derivative YT channels24:40 (in)Security Corner39:26 Gaming Quick Hits51:59 Picks of the Week1:04:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the podcast where Josh explains how AMD has the most popular midrange GPU on the market, based on sales from one retailer in Germany in Q1 2024.  Other then that, we've got over 12" of penetration, Audible AI, Ford marketing, Z890 defaults and so much more!Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:46 Food with Josh03:00 AMD shifting their GPU strategy (with extended discussion)22:49 PS5 Pro first with next-gen Radeon graphics25:32 Z890 boards will reportedly ship with Intel default settings - by default!26:48 A new Gen5 SSD controller from Silicon Motion31:10 Ford is apparently working on in-car ads33:16 Windows 11 23H2 will be knocking on your door October 835:00 Podcast sponsor - 1Password XAM36:14 An Ethernet bridge that can go through 12 inches of concrete38:59 Audible working on AI voice replicas of narrators41:49 A CPU water block with an HDMI input45:36 (in)Security Corner55:44 Gaming Quick Hits1:03:33 Picks of the Week1:10:28 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel Core Ultra 200V:  Worlds best integrated GPU!?  AMD Ryzen with more performance improvements, and 105W is the power draw for new top rated Ryzen parts.  So much more in the timestamps below.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:33 Food with Josh03:42 AMD will reportedly raise 65W Ryzen 9000 TDPs to 105W05:52 That Windows Update Ryzen boost might be unrealistic (via Hardware Canucks)11:44 Highly skippable rant about the Ryzen provisioning process setup procedure15:22 Back on the Windows Update topic16:55 Intel Core Ultra 200V Series launching24:23 Intel says Arc Xe2 is the fastest iGPU ever29:10 Replacement Core i9 CPUs are apparently in short supply33:42 Sometimes it feels like Microsoft wants to destroy Windows36:43 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef38:32 RIP AnandTech43:30 (in)Security Corner56:44 Gaming Quick Hits1:09:46 Picks of the Week1:18:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No, Allyn wasn't on the show this week. We just used that 100% authentic photo of him for the thumbnail.But we did discuss the buckets of cash that Nvidia is rolling in, free AMD CPU performance, and QR code hygiene!  All that, and so much more below ...Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:29 Food with Josh06:28 NVIDIA's billions16:01 Free Ryzen performance boost20:39 RDNA 4 rumors30:31 An extra 8-pin GPU connector on MSI boards33:04 Microsoft was going to take away the Control Panel, but didn't35:04 So-called AI still needs a lot of work37:28 (in)Security Corner46:31 About 4 seconds of silence47:04 Gaming Quick Hits1:00:28 Picks of the Week1:13:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Full crew in the house tonight for all kinds of tech talk with the usual amount of off-topic banter.  It's what you deserve.  Check the full list of topics below.  Real quick though ... Ryzen 9000 testing:  You're holding it wrong.  Windows 11 installs on non-TPM machines:  Stop that.  Sonos:  Failing.  ARM:  Gaming GPUs.  And when is a 4070 not really the 4070?00:00 Intro02:06 Food with Josh04:43 Ryzen 9000 X3D leaked by ASUS?06:38 AMD says reviewers are not properly testing Ryzen 900010:04 AMD to buy ZT Systems for 4.9 billion USD14:18 The new GDDR6 version of the RTX 4070 might be hard to spot19:43 Windows 11 update closes TPM bypass loophole...22:44 ...but FAT32 volumes up to 2TB are now supported25:11 NVIDIA partnering with MediaTek on new G-Sync Pulsar monitors31:00 Podcast sponsor, 1Password32:14 Lina Li SUP01 lets you mount your GPU on the front intake37:58 A wooden mechanical keyboard (sort of)41:53 Sonos is not doing well (plus extended audio ranting)54:24 Arm rumored to be developing a gaming graphics card58:05 (in)Security Corner1:06:55 Gaming Quick Hits1:16:34 Picks of the Week1:26:09 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode is just over an hour, and probably a lot more exciting than the Ryzen 9000 launch, itself. Plus Josh had a really messy looking burger. You can't lose.We've got Intel microcode, AMD Ryzen 9k, when is an RTX 4070 a bit less ... it's a tight show. Recorded August 14, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:27 Ryzen 9900X and 9950X performance22:28 No sign of new (rumored) RX 7000 SKUs24:04 Intel Battlemage engineering samples being tested27:21 Update your Intel microcode, but you have to use Intel defaults31:31 Those ai pins are being returned now, and they are e-waste36:14 New RTX 4070 variant with slower GDDR637:55 (in)Security Corner50:40 Gaming Quick Hits54:51 Picks of the Week1:04:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This was a long show. Be warned! We didn't even get to (in)Security Corner until after the one hour mark! But it's so worth it!  More Crowdstrike, more Intel sadness, even the Logitech mouse-as-a-service thing.  Psst - Apple still does not like Nvidia.Recorded August 7, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:45 Food with Josh03:54 New Ryzen 5 and 7 coverage - the impact of 65W19:39 Intel's financial situation27:27 Intel extended warranty update31:44 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef33:27 Puget systems' totally unbiased report on CPU failures42:11 NVIDIA Blackwell delay rumor51:41 Has the most popular GPU on Steam been discontinued?55:38 Google is replacing the Chromecast with a $100 ai thing58:43 Apple still doesn't like NVIDIA1:03:26 Logi forever mouse1:06:24 (in)Security Corner1:15:24 Gaming Quick Hits1:23:29 Picks of the Week1:37:59 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Four of us gathered to discuss another week in PC hardware and software, and while Jeremy was absent (again) and Josh didn't have a burger (again), the podcast was still a podcast, and that probably means something.  AMD is touching 6Ghz, Intel is not OK, Cybertruck is a PC, and we've got so much financial news on AMD and ARM...punch it Chewy!Recorded July 31, 2024.Timestamps:00:00 Intro04:30 Food with Josh06:27 Josh's AMD financial report13:29 Josh's Arm financial report16:51 Intel will not recall the 13th and 14th Gen CPUs (and further discussion)26:58 Now might be the right time to trade in your potentially defective Intel CPU!28:40 An update on the Ryzen 9000 delay31:02 It may be possible to hit 6 GHz (and above) with a Ryzen 9 9950X33:12 Windows 11 July update breaks Bitlocker35:33 The Cybertruck PC40:51 (in)Security Corner53:01 Gaming Quick Hits57:06 Picks of the Week1:04:54 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Only three of us podcasted this week, and there was an annoying "room mic" sound to deal with from a certain host, but other than that it was an okay-ish show if you like these sorts of things, am I right?AMD is ascending, Intel is unstable, and the 7800X3D is still the king.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:13 CrowdStrike09:20 Intel provides update on CPU instability20:22 AMD is recalling their initial batch of Ryzen 9000 samples28:02 Podcast sponsor - 1Password29:31 (in)Security Corner31:16 Gaming Quick Hits32:50 It was at that moment they realized this was going to be a very short podcast35:14 Picks of the Week (special extended edition)50:38 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★