Welcome back!  This week we have much to discuss, including NVIDIA buying a chunk of Intel, NVIDIA potentially buying an even bigger chunk of OpenAI, and NVIDIA eventually taking over the world. Also some non-NVIDIA stuff, probably.  Which includes 250w of PCIe slot power, Windows 10 ends, they promise, RTings tortures TVs and yet another games library aggregator!  Oh, and even more packed in there, so take a listen, we insist.

00:00 Intro
01:05 Patreon
02:11 Completely necessary old tech digression
05:32 Food with Josh
07:24 NVIDIA and Intel team up
15:45 Don't worry, Arc is not being abandoned yet
18:05 NVIDIA wants to invest 100 billion in OpenAI
19:47 AMD launches Radeon RX 7700 non-XT with 16GB VRAM
21:54 PCI Express slots with 250W power delivery
24:38 RTINGS concluding their TV lifespan test
29:24 Ars concludes their history of the Internet
31:40 Our regular reminder that Windows 10 is going EOL
33:44 Not everyone is ready to give up USB-A ports yet
38:48 (In)Security Corner
48:45 Gaming Quick Hits
1:07:45 LaCie Rugged SSD4 review
1:11:54 Picks of the Week
1:23:01 Outro

Join us as we battle illness to bring you the pithy, erudite commentary you crave.  That you deserve even.  Start with software designed cores, mix in some Nvidia domination, season with the largest DDoS attack EVaR, then Ubisoft kills games and finish with fast SSDs.  What an evening you are in for.  

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:36 Patreon
02:21 Food with Josh
04:29 Intel Nova Lake-S has 52 cores?
06:05 Software-defined super cores
09:15 Intel admits "we didn't have a good offering this year"
16:55 AMD launching Ryzen 9000F series CPUs
18:51 ASRock AM5 BIOS update
20:36 NVIDIA GPU market share is hard to believe
25:46 The latest on the Windows 11 SSD failure saga
30:18 Sapphire launching B850 motherboards
35:59 Arm AI news
48:55 Apple iPhone 17
55:12 (In)Security Corner
1:12:04 Gaming Quick Hits
1:23:32 Jeremy reviews the SK hynix P51 Platinum SSD
1:33:20 The 8TB Samsung 9100 PRO is ridiculous 
1:37:31 Picks of the Week
1:48:39 Outro

As promised, here is another edition of a podcast made by human beings. We just seem like ai because of our nearly perfect appearance and encyclopedic knowledge.   SanDisk Blue Plate specials on order, with a side of RTX Blackwell frame generation.  Engorge yourself.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Patreon
01:46 A food segment
04:06 NVIDIA’s quarter
12:42 Update on the Windows 11 SSD failure story
15:10 OBS affected by Windows update
16:13 SK hynix will make QLC SSDs bigger and faster next year
20:29 Speaking of QLC, the WD Blue SN5100 arrives
25:25 Intel is now part of the U.S. government
29:48 Resume Android apps on your Windows 11 PC (one so far)
32:55 4x FG not enough? NVIDIA's goal is to make ALL frames ai generated!
37:37 After Commodore, is Amiga the next retro computing brand to buy?
40:30 (In)Security Corner
53:47 Gaming Quick Hits
1:03:15 Picks of the Week
1:14:31 Outro

This podcast is what happens when worlds collide.  Such as Windows and SSDs.  Or Microsoft and listening to users.  Or Softbank and Intel.  Oh, you want more?  How about 720p and 720Hz or Copper and Coffee.    Want some of that news action?  Take a good long listen and enjoy this weeks run-down of tech triumphs and failures. 

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:00 Patreon
01:45 Food with Josh
04:44 Windows 11 patch breaking SSDs?
10:26 Softbank buys 2 billion in Intel shares - U.S. Gov. May be next investor
19:43 The 800 watt Matrix RTX 5090
22:13 A Microsoft that actually listens to users?
27:44 Dictating your Excel spreadsheets - again
32:50 Copper pipes make for a nice loop
35:57 Foxconn wants to transition to "ai" instead of iPhone?
43:18 ROG OLED panels with up to 720 Hz refresh
48:27 (In)Security Corner
58:09 Gaming Quick Hits
1:07:19 Thrustmaster Hypercar Wheel Add-on
1:20:35 Picks of the Week
1:32:14 Outro

Join us as we turn a slow news week into the podcast event of the decade.  Hackable smartphones, AOL dialup, Android tablets w/o Google, Microsoft more fully embraces GitHub, and even BioShock 4.  There so much more to enjoy within!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:04 Patreon
02:10 Food with Josh
05:04 RX 9060 non-XT benchmarks (and VRAM discussion)
12:53 Goodbye to X3D on AM4
14:17 AOL discontinues dialup (yes it was still going)
15:30 Github to be folded into Microsoft
18:01 The dream of a hackable smartphone
21:48 The Murena Pixel tablet offers Android without Google
26:11 A very different type of "hot coffee" mod
28:55 Looking at Amazon GPU sales numbers
32:14 Josh brings the latest Arm news
36:08 (In)Security Corner
1:05:14 Picks of the Week
1:16:48 Outro

AMD is on the rise, and their financials show it, plus they might have won The Game.  We discover that Windows 11 SE is still a thing, PCIe 8 has been ratified, and what's the best-worst GPU of 2025!  XeSS goes cross-platform-gpu and turns out that people CAN actually detect malware if properly motivated.  All this and more!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:37 Patreon
01:52 Food with Josh
04:38 AMD financials
09:43 AMD claims "world's fastest processors" as Intel struggles
18:57 AMD may be planning X3D on both CCDs
23:18 Windows 11 SE is going away
26:13 Windows Vista stricken from latest Win11 build?
27:48 Getting to the nub of ThinkPad design
35:49 PCI-SIG announces PCI Express 8.0
38:29 AMD's AM6 socket rumored to bring DDR6 and PCIe 6
40:44 Best of the 8GB GPUs
45:53 The RX 9060 non-XT
48:10 Bracing for the possibility of 100% tariffs on chips
49:50 (In)Security Corner
1:04:55 Gaming Quick Hits
1:18:11 Promoting Jeremy's HyperX Jet wireless headset review
1:19:15 Picks of the Week
1:34:57 Outro

Prepare to be dazzled by nearly every aspect of this podcast - unless you watch and listen closely.  We have the usual cast of characters with at least 1 shirtless moment from a special guest.   On top of all that, we go over the Intel debacle, the AMD ascendency, Windows 10 is 10, and even some Half-Life 2 updates.  Really.  More in the topics below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:57 Patreon
01:55 Food with Josh
04:18 Threadripper 9000 performance is incredible
07:13 AMD is chasing down Intel in the server room
13:00 Intel had a bad quarter (plus extended discussion on Intel's future)
29:04 Microsoft seems confused about layoffs - or maybe it's "ai"
33:00 RTX 3050 again?
35:09 Here come the PCI-E 6.0 SSDs!
39:10 A new 3D monitor in 2025
42:02 Windows 10 is 10
43:58 (In)Security Corner
1:03:43 Gaming Quick Hits
1:10:36 Fractal Scape wireless gaming headset review
1:17:06 Picks of the Week
1:28:18 Outro

Not only do we never underestimate the power of sunglasses, we bring you another show after a "sick" week off.  We've got some external storage to review, Threadripper high-wattage benchmarks, and some Zen time on top of all the other high quality news items and spontaneous commentary you know you want.  And need.  Topics below.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:04 Patreon
1:35 Food with Josh
03:24 Next-gen Radeon may have 96 CUs, 384-bit memory
14:18 Threadripper PRO 9995WX's insane Cinebench score (and power draw)
17:57 AM5 motherboards revised for Zen 6 CPUs?
22:55 We mention an exhaustive study of AMD memory speeds
28:30 NVIDIA adding native RISC-V support to CUDA
30:19 Each of us blocks Wi-Fi in our own special way
33:49 MAINGEAR goes retro
39:34 Self-destructing SSDs
42:03 Belkin notifies users that Wemo products will be bricked
45:22 (In)Security Corner
1:01:26 Gaming Quick Hits
1:12:00 Crucial X10 Portable SSD review
1:16:52 Picks of the Week
1:26:42 Outro

Not only do we talk about the things in the description, but we talk (oh so much) about many other things! See the time stamps below for a list of most of them (because the list of digressions would exceed the character limit of this description).

Come on in for the food, but stay for the review.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro
00:28 Patreon
01:59 Food with Josh
04:30 NVIDIA is now a 4 trillion dollar company
11:00 GlobalFoundries acquires MIPS
16:47 ZLUDA lives on
21:51 RTX 50 Series lands on Steam hardware survey
25:17 RDNA 5 being co-developed by Sony?
28:04 Windows 11 hits 50 percent marketshare
31:32 Shocker - running an RTX 5090 on a Gen3 x4 connection slows it down
33:11 Intel might cancel 18A
38:07 HP wants CarFax style reports for PCs
42:28 Podcast sponsor bzigo
43:59 (In)Security Corner
58:27 Gaming Quick Hit
1:04:20 XFX Mercury Radeon RX 9070 XT OC Magnetic Air Edition review
1:12:54 Picks of the Week
1:21:12 Outro

To celebrate Independence Day, we teamed up with a big imaginary Hollywood studio to produce this special episode. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss three bucks goodbye. Really, of course, we are one of the top 10 best podcasts in the computer hardware field, so if you're serious about your computer hardware podcasts, you're going to check this out regardless.  We've got BSOD's, Nvidia drivers going away, and even hardcoded root passwords.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:31 Patreon
02:31 Food with Josh
05:36 RTX 5050 arrives with no reviews
09:23 NVIDIA confirms end of support for GTX 10 Series and older
11:36 RTX 50 Series SUPER rumors
14:09 Intel might have 3D V-Cache competitor with Nova Lake
17:24 Stockpiled PCs are not selling
23:39 Anker battery bank recall
26:31 Apple to release low cost MacBook with iPhone SoC?
28:50 BSOD isn't blue anymore
32:42 RTX customers get free Adobe CC trials (Adobe slowly becomes the next AOL?)
34:41 DDR4 becoming more expensive than DDR5
37:11 (In)Security Corner
48:00 Gaming Quick Hits
57:40 Crucial T710 Gen5 SSD Review
1:05:47 Picks of the Week
1:20:14 Outro