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285. AMD RDNA 4 is "Out for Blood", Nvidia RTX 5090, Intel B580, Zen 5 | James Prior

2024/11/24
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James Prior认为AMD在过去五年中发展迅速，并在技术创新方面取得了显著进展，但他同时也指出，AMD在追赶英伟达方面面临着巨大的挑战，尤其是在软件生态系统方面。他认为，AMD需要与客户合作，并找到创新的方法来弥补与英伟达在软件方面的差距。他还讨论了AMD在Ryzen 5发布和处理上的不足之处，以及AMD如何更好地处理Zen 5的发布。他还谈到了AMD的RDNA 4和UDNA战略，以及为什么取消了大型RDNA 4项目。他还讨论了AMD的晶圆分配策略以及AMD如何平衡不同产品线的产能。 Tom与James Prior讨论了AMD的增长、与英特尔的竞争、Ryzen 5的发布、Zen 6的可能性、Arrow Lake和Intel Arc显卡的未来，以及AMD RDNA 4和英伟达Blackwell显卡的竞争。他还询问了James Prior关于AMD如何处理Ryzen 5发布以及AMD是否应该将Zen 6全部采用V-Cache等问题。

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James Prior introduces himself and discusses his extensive work history at AMD, NXP, and MIPS, highlighting his role in launching AMD's Ryzen and Threadripper products.
  • James Prior's roles at AMD, NXP, and MIPS.
  • His involvement in launching Ryzen and Threadripper.
  • His current role at MIPS focusing on compute IP for custom silicon.

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A former AMD Senior Product Manager joins to discuss Zen 5, Arrow Lake, and Next-Gen GPUs! [SPON: Use "brokensilicon“ at CDKeyOffer’s Black Friday Sale to get Win 11 Pro for $23: https://www.cdkeyoffer.com/cko/Moore11 ] [SPON: Use "brokensilicon" for 6% OFF at Silver Knight PCs: https://www.silverknightpcs.com/ ]

0:00 Who is James? 3:31 How AMD has Grown Up over the past 5 Years! 9:22 Intel's Laptop Entrenchment (Even with Raptor Lake) 18:14 Has HEDT become Obsolete? 29:40 How could AMD have handled the Zen 5 launch better? 40:10 Should Zen 6 be an all V-cache Lineup? 48:11 Arrow Lake – Is Intel done in DIY? 57:48 Intel Battlemage B580 - The End of ARC? 1:06:40 AMD RDNA 4 & UDNA Strategy 1:18:56 THIS Is why Big RDNA 4 was Cancelled! 1:29:16 Wafer Allocation - Does AMD "switch" capacity between products? 1:41:36 Nvidia Blackwell - Can RDNA 4 take market share?

Last time James was on: https://youtu.be/I9KTrPHkg-s?si=tfa7KRH_H0NNSnT9 Guest's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdprior/ James’ new company: https://mips.com/ Recent MLID video Updating GPU Release Dates: https://youtu.be/zipQWc2AzsU