Discussing Nova Lake, Zen 6, Zen 7, and Threadripper w/ Leo from Kitguru! (Guest Telegrams)
Added 2025-08-15 01:45:03 +0000 UTCThe next episode of Broken Silicon will see us be joined by Leo from KitGuru once again! Needless to say - he can speak to anything having to do with AMD, Nvidia, Intel, or gaming hardware...but at a minimum we plan to discuss:
Zen 5 vs Arrow Lake Postmortem
Arrow Lake Refresh
Zen 5 Refresh
Threadripper 9000
Zen 6 vs Nova Lake
RDNA 4 vs Blackwell
RDNA 5
...and anything else y'all want! You have ~48 hours to submit (Until Saturday Evening).
Last Time Leo was on: https://youtu.be/TyvNfeRJdeI
KitGuru Threadripper Review: https://youtu.be/bQ42uuYpR3s?si=0lVfMMqk4QHD9oX-
Leo's Core Untra "Pointless" video: https://youtu.be/U1TDAXftWKc?si=_f-v1YMav0OlPIyV
9950X3D Review: https://youtu.beTjSRJXZ8gs?si=Hyt7cDTP8F8VWFE
ARL 104 Days Later: https://youtu.be/JSQ2pwhKyzA?si=uR9dZOQT76CxdGEu
Zen 5 Patch Video: https://youtu.be/uSJMKCmTssk?si=pPTWFsm1QShIxtwk
Comments
Let’s say for the sake of argument that AMD released a version of Strix Halo for the Threadripper platform and that a complete system cost at least $500 more than the equivalent Mini PC style Strix Halo systems we do have. Do you think there would be much interest in such a thing over the current designs where neither the APU or memory is upgradable?
Chris Rijk
2025-08-17 17:44:01 +0000 UTCAs a reviewer that constantly work with different platform and test drive them, how much to you value platform maturity/ stability when a new product line release? Do you give them more lee way because they are new or would it be a dock in the points?
Dark Side of the Force
2025-08-17 01:30:45 +0000 UTCWith the leaking of AT0 die for RDNA 5/UDNA, do you think AMD is truly going for the crown next Gen? And if so, how many bananas (dollars) do to think AMD would charge in light of flagships like the 5090 charging ≥2K bananas (dollars)?
Donkey Kong Odyssey
2025-08-17 01:18:11 +0000 UTCGreetings Tom and Leo. My question for Leo is the following: With all the changes to the desktop market since AMD launched Ryzen, what's your take HEDT as a product group? During the prior Perpetual Quad Core Era controlled by Intel, HEDT made sense because mainstream desktop CPUs had so few cores and server CPUs weren't a great fit for consumer/professional workloads, so there was an actual need for a product stack to bridge the two groups. With Ryzen, AMD has loaded desktop CPUs with enough cores for most prosumer workloads, EPYC fills the server roll quite well, and Threadripper Pro basically exists for professional workloads that need PCIe lanes or highly multithreaded jobs. Where does this currently leave Threadripper HEDT? From what I can see at a glance, mainstream Ryzen has eaten away at HEDT from the bottom, EPYC sits at the very top, and HEDT is just a weirdly, functionally limited shadow of the Pro lineup for less money. Am I missing something? If I'm spot on with my assessment, what would AMD (or Intel) have to do to make HEDT relevant and justifiable as a product group?
kwerboom
2025-08-16 10:41:54 +0000 UTCGood evening Tom and Leo, I hope either or both of you are enjoying the Battlefield 6 beta this weekend. Do you think that Threadripper will maintain relevancy as both Zen 6 and Zen 7 increase core counts, or will AMD CPU choices look similar to the GPU side, with RDNA 5 mostly have a variety of AT2 and AT0 model? In other words, will the focus there be a full core count die (Epyc) for people who want to splurge and a more cost-focused CPU (Zen) for most consumers? Thank you for your time. I hope you have a good night.
Dylan K.
2025-08-15 19:49:04 +0000 UTCHi Tom and Leo, Is there anyone that is set up to be TSMC's competition for the next few years? Intel is seemingly abandoning their foundries, and other fabs like Samsung being too far behind the cutting edge, but perhaps we are overlooking someone? I like TSMC's tech but I don't want them to have more of a monopoly than they already have. It would be nice like to have some other fabs still make cutting edge products if something happens geopolitically to Taiwan in the near future. Thanks!
Woody Chang
2025-08-15 19:22:00 +0000 UTC
