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Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future

The Weekly Tech Rant with Jay and Karl

English - June 21, 2024 16:39 - 50 minutes - 35.5 MB
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Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future


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In This Episode:

News

AMD

AMD’s first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster’ Ryzen 9 9950X
AMD unveils Ryzen AI 300 CPUs for Copilot+ laptops
AMD reveals the MI325X, a 288GB AI accelerator built to battle Nvidia's H200
AMD Announces Zen 5-based EPYC “Turin” Processors: Up to 192 Cores, Coming in H2’2024

Intel

Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple

PlayStation VR2’s PC adapter hits this August, with missing features

Rumours

iPhone 16 Pro to feature world’s thinnest smartphone bezel
Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner

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