Broken Silicon 105: AMD’s Competitiveness in 2021, Intel’s Comeback, RISC-V & SiFive | James Prior (Patreon)

James was a Senior Product Manager at AMD who stewarded Zen, Threadripper, and more to success! He now works at SiFive – A RISC-V company that seems poised to become a part of Intel….

0:00 Who is James Prior? What did he do at Rage3D & AMD?

7:57 Remembering the HD 6670 – one of the last great $80 GPUs

11:43 The Journey from AMD Piledriver to Zen 2

16:17 How does AMD see Intel? How do companies analyze the competition?

22:58 Do companies adjust their products based on rumors?

26:37 Zen 1’s Turbulent Launch

28:50 Did AMD expect Intel to have more in 2017?  What made AMD create Threadripper?

38:10 The State of Tech Journalism

42:24 Lisa Su’s Leadership – What actually changed at AMD to make them win?

48:00 When did AMD realize it was going to make a comeback against Intel?

51:34 AMD’s Competitive Position in 2021, When will Intel “Make a comeback”?

56:40 Why is Intel bringing big.LITTLE to Desktop?

1:03:57 What is AMD’s biggest weakness right now?

1:14:06 RADEON vs Nvidia vs Intel – Graphics Competition

1:24:53 How does AMD decide who gets new products for review?

1:36:26 RISC-V & Intel Buying SiFive

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