The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 33 – Computex 2015

AnandTech Podcast #33 – Along with CES in Vegas in January, one of the two biggest PC hardware shows in the world is held every year is Computex in Taipei, usually in the first week of June. Throughout the show both Ian and Kristian were present getting the interesting news about releases and products, and it certainly ends up exhausting. After the show Ian and Kristian recorded a podcast about the releases at the show as well as some of the esoteric elements on display. [Note this was recorded before E3 and AMD’s announcement of the R9 Fury X]

The AnandTech Podcast – Episode 33
Featuring

• Dr. Ian Cutress: Host, Senior Editor
• Kristian Vättö: SSD Editor

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Total Time:  1 hour 25 minutes 25 seconds

Outline mm:ss

0:00 – Intro
0:50 – Intel Broadwell (http://anandtech.com/show/9320/)
11:04 – AMD Carrizo (http://anandtech.com/show/9319/)
27:03 – TLC SSDs
31:49 – TLC Data Retention
37:40 – 100 Series Motherboards
 – Biostar with DDR3/DDR4 on the same motherboard (http://www.anandtech.com/show/9411/)
 – ECS integrating Realtek DRAGON network controllers (http://www.anandtech.com/show/9414/)
 – MSI partnering with Nahimic audio
50:41 – Cases at the Show
 – Corsair Bulldog and Lapdog (http://anandtech.com/show/9298/)
 – PSU Covers
 – Streacom
1:00:41 – PCIe SSDs
1:06:08 – U.2
1:12:45 – Round Tables with NVIDIA and AMD
1:15:35 – AMD FreeSync-over-HDMI (http://anandtech.com/show/9337/)
1:19:22 – Highlights of the Show: FreeSync-over-HDMI and Microdia 512GB MicroSD
1:25:25 – FIN

Apologies for the delay in posting this podcast, I’m now back after almost a month on the road; we have already recorded the next one with Josh and Andrei, and Josh has plans for another one after that. I also want to get Ryan on one to talk about the recent updates in the GPU space as well. -Ian

The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 32

AnandTech Podcast #32 – Ian and Brett are talking about laptops. It’s been an exciting few weeks for laptops, as we discuss some of our more detailed findings related to Core M and the problem surrounding the material construction of low powered devices and how this relates to performance. Brett is also on hand to discuss the wheelings and dealings of Microsoft’s BUILD conference which he attended, including discussions regarding Windows 10 updates, Android App support, Objective C support and Hololens. To wrap it all up, we discuss the Surface 3, both in terms of the technical specifications, our review, and how it positions Microsoft in a competitive market against a number of their partners. 

The AnandTech Podcast – Episode 32
Featuring

• Dr. Ian Cutress: Host, Senior Editor
• Brett Howse: Laptop Editor

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Total Time:  1 hour 19 minutes 49 seconds

Outline mm:ss

0:00 Intro
1:22 Core-M (http://anandtech.com/show/9117/analyzing-intel-core-m-performance)
19:35 Microsoft BUILD
  – 21:51 Azure
  – 25:28 Visual Studio Code and Office 365
  – 27:10 Windows 10, Updates and Impressions
  – 28:41 Edge
  – 33:30 Start Menu and Cortana
  – 34:55 Android App Support
  – 36:27 Objective C
  – 39:42 Hololens
  – 49:39 Windows Hello and Microsoft Passport
  – 52:35 Game Streaming
  – 54:38 No more Media Center on Windows 10
  – 58:24 Launch Schedule for Windows 10… without dates
1:02:12 Microsoft Surface 3 (http://anandtech.com/show/9219/the-surface-3-review)
1:16:13 Laptops being launched: Lenovo Lavie Z

The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 31 – MWC 2015 Show

The AnandTech podcast is back once more, this time with Ian and Andrei recapping their time at Mobile World Congress 2015.

We kick things off with a look at the flagship smartphones to come out of the show, Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and HTC’s One M9. We follow this up with a look at some of the photography-centric products to come out of the show, including the Lenovo Vibe Shot and Panasonic Lumix CM1. Of course no MWC would be complete without SoCs, and MWC has Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820, ARM’s forthcoming Cortex-A72 CPU, and Intel’s new Atom x3/x5/x7 brands. Then we switch gears to peripherals, including Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic fingerprint scanning tech, Sandisk’s hybrid eMMC tech, and modem tech from Broadcom and Altair. Finally we close things out with SteamVR and the first supporting headset, the HTC Vive.

The AnandTech Podcast – Episode 31
Featuring

• Dr. Ian Cutress: Host, CPU Guru
• Andrei Frumuşanu: Mobile Editor

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Total Time:  1 hour 8 minutes 35 seconds

Outline h:mm

00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Samsung Galaxy S6
07:21 – HTC One M9
13:24 – Microsoft Lumia 640 / 640XL
18:18 – Lenovo Vibe Shot
22:05 – Panasonic Lumix CM1
23:43 – Snapdragon 820 Announcement
24:34 – ARM A72
26:38 – Qualcomm Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning
28:25 – Qualcomm Modem Rebranding, LTE and Wifi Link Aggregation
31:28 – Intel Atom x3/x5/x7
37:49 – Sandisk 200GB MicroSD and Hybrid eMMC
42:39 – Broadcom Simultaneous Dual Band
45:07 – Cat-1 and Cat-0 LTE and Altair Semiconductor
46:58 – HTC Vive and SteamVR