Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug, Vivek Gowri and Dr. Ian Cutress discuss improving boot times with the next generation of BIOSes/UEFI updates for Windows 8. We also go over the Haswell architecture article and Vivek's 2nd gen Razer Blade review. Brian brings up the T-Mobile acquisition, HTC's One X+ and One VX. Vivek closes out with a mechanical engineer's perspective on the iPhone 5's anodized aluminum back.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress discuss Borderlands 2, TI's exit from the smartphone/tablet SoC market, AMD's desktop Trinity launch, Samsung's SSD 840/840 Pro and Brian concludes with some more thoughts on the iPhone 5's noise cancellation features and camera performance.

Brian Klug, Dr. Ian Cutress and Anand Shimpi discuss the iPhone 5, Motorola's RAZR i, HTC's Windows Phone 8X/8S and LG's Optimus G. Anand also discusses more about Intel's Haswell architecture.

Anand Shimpi and Brian Klug discuss the iPhone 5 and hands on time with the device. Towards the end of the episode there's a discussion about what Intel's 4th generation Core microarchitecture (Haswell) will do to revolutionize the PC in 2013.

Anand Shimpi and Brian Klug go over last week's smartphone announcements from Nokia and Motorola. Windows Phone 8 is also on the discussion list. The conversation then shifts to what's happening this week in San Francisco: the 2012 Intel Developer Forum and new iPhone launch. Haswell at 10W and more iPhone SoC discussion round out the episode.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug & Dr. Ian Cutress discuss new microarchitecture disclosures from AMD (Steamroller, Jaguar) and Intel (Valleyview). Updates on two new Thunderbolt storage devices from Western Digital and Promise. Brian Klug also discusses the technical requirements of NFC and the recent rumors surrounding it on the next iPhone.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug and Ryan Smith discuss Thunderbolt, OS X 10.8.1, Windows 8/RT, the current state of mobile SoCs, and the best desktop GPUs for your money.

Anand Shimpi, Brian Klug and Dr. Ian Cutress discuss what to buy from smartphone to PC. The trio go over building a PC based on Intel's 3rd generation Core processors (codename: Ivy Bridge), the best Android smartphones on the market as well as set expectations for the next iPhone.