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

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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

The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 30 – CES 2015 Show

After far too long, the AnandTech Podcast is back just in time for the biggest consumer electronics show of the year, CES 2015. This year we have lined up an all-star cast of AnandTech staff to cover the entire show, from PC to SoC and everything in between.

We kick things off with Intel’s just-launched Broadwell-U family of CPUs before switching sides to AMD and looking at their FreeSync adaptive-synchronization technology and forthcoming Carrizo APUs. Then it’s all about vendors, including Asus and their new ZenFones and Windows 8 Chi 2-in-1s, MSI and their latest GT80 and GS30 laptops, and Lenovo with the shockingly light LaVie laptop. Not to be outdone, Dell also has their new XPS 13 and Alienware machines on display, all the while Occulus once again steals the show with their impressive “Crescent Bay” headset prototype. Finally in the home stretch we take a look at all things mobile, including Microsoft’s latest Lumia devices, the Snapdragon 810 powered LG Flex 2, and NVIDIA’s Tegra X1.

The AnandTech Podcast – Episode 30
Featuring

• Dr. Ian Cutress: Host, Editor for Motherboards and Processors
• Ryan Smith: Editor in Chief, Editor for Graphics
• Jarred Walton: Editor for Notebooks
• Joshua Ho: Editor for Smartphones
• Brett Howse: Windows on Smartphones, Notebooks
• Brandon Chester: Smartphones and Software

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Total Time:  1 hour 15 minutes 26 seconds

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• 1.7lb is 771g,
• Magnesium is 12th in periodic table (weighted non-radioactive isotope atomic weight 24.305)
• Lithium is 3rd (weighted non-radioactive isotope atomic weight 6.94)

The AnandTech Podcast: Episode 29 – Computex 2014 Mobile Show

After a month off the AT Podcast is back once again. This time we have our recent AnandTech Mobile Show in podcast form.

Recorded live from Computex 2014, on this episode Anand Shimpi & Ian Cutress discuss recent developments at WWDC, Computex, and in the mobile market. Anand & Ian kick things off with a discussion of LG’s new G3 phone, along with side discussions on ideal phone sizes and finishes. Then on to Intel’s recent Baytail tablet announcements and Rockchip partnership. This is followed with an in-depth discussion of various WWDC happenings, including iOS 8, OS X Yosemite, Apple’s Metal API, Continuity, and mobile gaming in general. Wrapping things up is a look at the mobile market in general, along with Intel’s Computex announcement, the Core-M.

The AnandTech Podcast – Episode 29
Featuring Anand Shimpi & Dr. Ian Cutress

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Total Time:  48 minutes 10 seconds

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