The AnandTech Podcast - M4A Feed

Anand Shimpi & Ryan Smith discuss the world of GPUs in 2013. Recapping GTC 2013, NVIDIA's GPU roadmap disclosure, AMD's Radeon Sky and 7990 as well as the newly launched Radeon HD 7790 and GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost. FCAT is also up on the table this week.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug, Dr. Ian Cutress and Ryan Smith get together before MWC 2013 to discuss some of the major announcements of the past week. The HTC One, Tegra 4i, NVIDIA's GTX Titan and Sony's PlayStation 4 are all on the list for today.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress set expectations for Haswell and discuss Intel's TV initiative. Brian updates us on the removal of unofficial LTE support from the Nexus 4 as well as Broadcom's first LTE baseband. Surface Pro, the Pebble smartwatch and the Tesla Model S controversy are also on the list this week.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress discuss Intel post-CES and the challenges the company faces as it attempts to support the PC industry while transitioning to new ultra mobile markets. The group discusses Intel shutting down its desktop motherboard division as well as Intel's Yolo smartphone. There's also a high level discussion about the Valvebox and the need for a truly open console. Final topics include Qualcomm, Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa and the 3rd generation SandForce controller.

Live from CES 2013, Anand, Brian and Jarred chime in with some of the highlights of the show. The crew went over Qualcomm's new Snapdragon SoCs announced at the show. Brian checked out the Allwinner A31 and Odna's $249 V972 tablet that uses the same panels as Apple's iPad 4. Jarred shared his thoughts on Ultrabooks and notebook displays, as well as Micron's DDR4 and SSD announcements from the show. Surface Pro, Haswell GPU performance and 7W Ivy Bridge round out the discussion.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress discuss their best products of 2012. Haswell and Valley View are up for discussion as well. Brian goes on a rant about mobile operators removing fieldtest from smartphones. Brian also discusses Ubuntu for smartphones, the new Go Pro Hero 3 Black and some final words on the Galaxy Camera. The trio talks a bit about the ARM vx x86 power articles as well.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress discuss the rumors surrounding Intel's Broadwell being available onlyl in a BGA package and the future of the DIY desktop PC industry. Brian Klug updates us on Qualcomm's next-generation Krait 300 core.

Anand Shimpi & Brian Klug discuss Nokia's Lumia 920, Windows Phone 8X, the Droid DNA and the future of driving smartphone costs down. Samsung's Galaxy Camera, the Nintendo Wii U and Apple's iPad 4 are also on the discussion list this week.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug, Ryan Smith and Dr. Ian Cutress discuss AMD's current struggles in the market, Intel's Xeon Phi, TI exiting the mobile SoC space and the Nexus 4.

Up for discussion this week are Windows 8/RT, Microsoft's Surface, the new Chromebook, the new Nexus 4 & 10, Android 4.2, the new iPads, 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display and a couple of really expensive new products Brian managed to get his hands on.