Broken Silicon 173: Fixing the Zen 4 Launch, R5 7600X vs i5-13600K, RTX 4080 12GB, RDNA 3 Pricing (Patreon)

An AMD Senior Product Manager joins to discuss Zen 4, Lovelace, and RDNA 3 segmentation.

0:00 Who is James Prior?  Is RISC-V replacing ARM and x86?

15:39 Did Alder Lake & the 5800X3D live up to expectations? 

30:10 AMD Zen 4 Sales - Why are they so low?

39:11 How would James turn Zen 4 around if he still worked at AMD?

49:55 How competitive is Raptor Lake?

55:25 i5-13600K vs R5 7600X – Does AMD care if they lose MT?

1:06:10 Do Engineers have a say in Marketing? What's going on w/ PBO2?

1:12:39 Zen 4 Threadripper 7000 vs Intel 24-Core & 34-Core Fishhawk Falls

1:19:49 Should AMD just focus Zen 4 volume on laptop?

1:26:06 How important will AI Engines be for future Laptops?

1:28:45 Will AMD get SMT-4 working in Zen 5 or Zen 6?

1:35:00 RTX 4080 12GB & 4000 Series Segmentation

1:45:30 How should AMD Price & Segment RDNA 3?

Previous Episode with James: https://youtu.be/c2Xc2KtnAvQ

James Prior LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdprior/

https://www.icegiantcooling.com/

PyTorch: https://about.fb.com/news/2022/09/pytorch-foundation-to-accelerate-progress-in-ai-research/amp/

https://hypebeast.com/2022/1/amd-ryzen-3d-v-cache-cpu-processors-ces-2022

https://www.pcworld.com/article/394653/amd-v-cache-for-ryzen-everything-you-need-to-know.html

Supposedly Zen 4 could have shipped with far lower TDPs: https://youtu.be/FaOYYHNGlLs

Paul Backed up Optimum Tech’s PBO2 Tune claims: https://youtu.be/poo82SUm934

DDR4 holds back ADL Performance compared to budget DDR5: https://youtu.be/kuxMCqF1yG0