Broken Silicon 143: Lovelace vs RDNA 3 Ray Tracing, Future DLSS, Ukraine War, FPGA | Govt Engineer
Added 2022-03-08 19:54:05 +0000 UTCAn anonymous Engineer working for the US Government joins to discuss Lovelace & RDNA 3 technology, the future of FSR & DLSS, FPGA & Xilinx, and the War in Ukraine’s effect on the world economy.
0:00 Who is our Mysterious Guest? What can he disclose about his position?
7:22 What got Matt into PC Gaming? When did he become an enthusiast?
16:36 Are we entering a new era of Graphics Cards?
21:07 Will DLSS and FSR matter if we have cards 2-4x stronger than what we have now?
29:33 When and why did MSAA die?
42:56 Do you expect RDNA3 to be close to Lovelace in Raytracing?
58:39 What can AMD do with FSR to make it beat DLSS?
1:05:16 Can AMD accelerate FSR on a hardware level?
1:11:27 The Value of Future GPUs, Nintendo Switch 2 Performance
1:20:24 What comes after DLSS and FSR? What's next for balancing picture quality?
1:25:39 What is an FPGA? How are they generally used compared to an ASIC?
1:34:16 AMD's FPGA advantage with Xilinx
1:38:55 The Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and how it will affect the world
1:52:46 Will PC Hardware prices continue to go down if gas prices go up?
1:56:28 Can manufacturing be "brought back to the west"? Where do we get rare materials?
2:07:02 Silicon Nodes for Spacecraft, Advice for getting into FPGAs & Engineering
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat
https://www.statista.com/topics/1959/silicon/
https://www.inverse.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-nvidia-leak-release-timeline
Comments
That was fun! Based on the intro it sounds like he works for the NRO developing computer systems for Military satellites. That’s some of the most sensitive technology in the DOD so I understand his caution. The NRO’s work is so highly classified that the public didn’t even know the agencies name until it was de-classified after the end of the Cold War. 😂
Samuel
2022-03-11 15:49:14 +0000 UTCMy dad AND my mom worked at Intel… had to flex… Loved this episode. Thanks for the great content and bringing awesome guests on.
JasonB
2022-03-09 07:32:48 +0000 UTCWhat a rush. I am a dumb person who just had a nuclear bomb of knowledge dropped upon me. Listening to someone make the complex understandable is mesmerizing. I will probably replay this at least five times. Great job Tom and guest.
Russell Purcell
2022-03-09 03:09:31 +0000 UTCI think the performance jump matters more to people who dont upgrade as often. I got a 3090 with a 10 year warranty from evga at msrp. 1800 bucks total, yeah its a lot, but I made money selling my 3070 to miners so offset a large cost. But I play 165hz 1440p right now, with a second 1440p 144hz monitor in portrait mode. I expect to use this card for a while. My view is I can avoid upgrading to the next gen of gpu’s. Meanwhile people buying 60 and 70 class cards might feel the need to upgrade every gen to the new 70 class card as the performance gains are noticeable. But for me I might see if I can get a 4080 FE if they price it at the same 700 (I would even accept 800 ) just because we see how quickly these cards sell out, not to mention the huge memory bandwidth increases could easily lead to another crypto boom if prices ever spike again. But if I don’t manage to get a card on launch week ill just wait till 2024 or something.
j Steez
2022-03-08 22:15:20 +0000 UTCYeeeees
Joachim Haugen
2022-03-08 22:00:50 +0000 UTCAhhh yes boutta listen to this at work
Luke Mancuso
2022-03-08 19:55:03 +0000 UTC
