Podcast #796 – Intel Core Ultra Happened, Arm to Cancel Qualcomm License, NVIDIA Fixes Blackwell, Gigabyte X3D Turbo!
What a week. So much exciting news to cover, including the extremely well-received new Intel Core Ultra desktop processors! Does sarcasm evident? Anyhow, we received them, too, but without a motherboard, so not much tested happened before this launch. No worries, we’re getting a board, and have turned off our AI assistants. Or have we?
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Show Topics
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Food with Josh
04:10 Observing Intel Core Ultra Desktop Eve
04:57 The Core Ultra 9 285K can pull almost as much as a 14900K – if you enable 4095W PL2
07:47 Arm to cancel Qualcomm 2 license as dispute escalates
18:43 Another report about Qualcomm buying Intel
19:12 NVIDIA says Blackwell chip flaw was their fault, but it’s fixed now
21:28 Intel and Samsung foundry collaboration possible
25:45 HAVN is a new case company with a new take on the aquarium trend
30:24 Podcast sponsor 1Password XAM
31:45 Help turning off “ai” assistants – if the app allows
34:28 New X3D turbo mode promises big gains for Ryzen CPUs
38:21 Check out our Intel microcode video
44:53 (in)Security Corner
54:13 Gaming Quick Hits
1:02:29 Picks of the Week
1:18:11 Outro
Picks of the Week
- Josh: Thrustmaster strikes again! (with a direct drive wheel)
- Jeremy: Kurt Vonnegut’s GHQ: The Lost Board Game
- Brett: Psychological horror genre game Silent Hill 2 on sale at Fanatical
- Kent: Phanteks Large tower that actually supports cooling
- Seb: <does not compute>
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