Everyone Develops Silicon with Special Guest Cillian Dwyer
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Cillian joins That Old Pod to discuss this week in tech. Conversation focuses on latest AMD developments, the Nintendo Switch, Samsung S8, and exciting news for Apple's pro market. In depth discussion about the future of silicon development for the major tech players. Brief conversation around various Slack competitors and Facebook's latest copy of Snapchat's features.
Show Notes:
AMD Ryzen
Ryzen updates/patches for system throttling and improving performance for specific games
Radeon Pro Duo two cards in one PCI-e slot; dramatically less power hungry than predecessor
Super Bomberman R for Nintendo Switch updated with free levels
Nintendo’s new policy is good news for switch\developers
Switch and indie games
New Zelda game Breath of the Wild, has sold more copies for Switch than total console sales
Samsung S8 review
Camera comparison between Galaxy S8, iPhone 7, Google Pixel and LG G6
What is\was Viv?
What is Bixby?
Bixby delayed in US
Performance of A10 to competitors, two year old A9 still beating out latest Samsung CPUs for single core performance
Samsung S8 uses different processors for US and Korea
What is Google’s new TPU?
Apple ends agreement with chip designer Imagination Technologies
Imagination needing to make cuts
Apple was paying Imagination Technologies about $75 million in 2016
Apple hired lots of Imagination’s talent
Apple’s A7, the first 64 bit mobile SoC (System on a Chip)
Current VR sets
80s cell phone
Star Trek communicator
Apple’s M coprocessors used in iPhones and iPads
Apple’s A series processors used in iDevices (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV)
Apple’s S series SiP (System in Package) used in Apple Watch
Apple’s T series SoC used in MacBook Pro with Touch Bar
Apple’s W series SoC used in Bluetooth devices such as AirPods
Uber tracking Apple devices and geofencing Apple’s Cupertino headquarters
Tim Cook conversation with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
Is Amazon good for US
Apple promises closed loop supply chain
Apple introduces Liam
iPhone upgrade program
Apple Mac Pro conversation
Apple can’t innovate
John Siracusa in 2013 on why Apple needs the Mac Pro to live on
Apple officially discontinues display business
LG 5k display shielding issue
Intel Optane
Logic Pro remote
Microsoft Surface Studio
Snapchat Filters
Facebook copies Snapchat
What is Slack?
Google Hangouts to compete with Slack
Microsoft launches Teams to compete with Slack
Facebook murder
Two articles on Snapchat and Facebook, start from same place, opposite conclusions
Facebook does not own Periscope, but offers a competitor Facebook Live
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