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Discussing Nvidia getting pushed out of laptops, RAM Constraints, and APUs w/ a Senior Metrology Engineer (Patreon)

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2023-05-30 22:47:03
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2026-06
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Broken Silicon's next guest will be a Senior Metrology Engineering Manager who works for a major energy corporation.  This guy takes Desktop Replacement laptops into the field, megascans landscapes, and then consults on what's possible to be built/upgraded in a given location.  We plan to heavily discuss:

The Rise of AMD for Professionals

True Modern Uses for a "Desktop Replacement" Laptop

How RAM Capacity is holding back Professional Laptops

Nvidia getting pushed out of laptops by AMD/Intel

AMD Zen 5 Strix Halo

Intel Meteor Lake & Arrow Lake

Unreal Engine 5 Performance on AMD vs Intel

DDR5 ECC Issues

CAMM Memory in DELL Laptops

This episode will be banked and released late next week so Tom and Dan can actually take a vacation! You have ~24 hours to submit your questions/comment below - Be as concise as possible, use good grammar, and be respectful to have your submissions considered.

Our Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-medlin-418a5967/

Leak that OEMs are dropping Nvidia in laptops: https://youtu.be/GhLMbFgVfbY

DELL CAMM Memory: https://youtu.be/vbnCEy8lupQ

Comments

AI Generated Fish

Hello Tom & guest. Something Ive always wanted to know: how big is too big for a "modern" desktop replacement laptop? Do you all actually use 17.3 or 18inch laptops?

Chris Rijk

I believe that most of Nvidia’s volume is in laptops and AMD doesn’t seem to be making much inroads there. However, with Meteor Lake causing OEMs to stop using lower-end discrete GPUs, followed by Strix Point, Strix Halo and Arrow Lake, do you guys expect to see a big change in market share in the next two years for low-end gaming laptops? How receptive do you expect consumers are to APU gaming laptops?

Chris Rijk

If you were in charge of Nvidia's consumer GPUs, what would you do to counter the threat of AMD and Intel's gaming oriented APUs for laptops?

Chris Rijk

When, if ever, do you expect to see laptop x86 processors with on-package main memory, like Apple's M series of processors? What do you think are the main issues that need to be solved?

Jen-Hsun Huang, AI is not circular

We offer products with more than enough VRAM in laptops. Has your guest considered they might be just doing their job wrong?

Cleansweep

What are the challenges of using a desktop replacement laptop for megascanning in the field? Obviously, battery life and charging are going to be more difficult, but do things like laptop cooling design, CPU/GPU interconnects, OS/software configuration, etc... affect your workflows? And would mega APU based laptops help solve any of these issues?

Ryzza5

Hi Brad. If Tom hasn't already asked, can you tell us a bit more about what your job involves, what challenges you face, and what you love about it? Just curious.

Prior is the theme 999

Hello Tom and Guest, strix halo looks to be a pretty big deal if it lives up to expectations. Challenging apples efficiency but with great performance. As a gamer I know I can play my games at higher quality on battery for longer. What benefits as professional are you most exited for? Is it the possibility to have over 100GB of unified memory or working off batter for longer? All the above? Or something else entirely?

Prior is the theme 999

On the topic of VRAM, how limiting is it to not have enough as a professional? For gamers the negative is you will have to turn down settings in game. What would be the "turn down setting" equivalent to someone using these cards for professional work if there is one? How bad have the RAM constraints hurt the professional space and how do professionals get around it?

Prior is the theme 999

Do you expect AMD's powerful upcoming apu's to boost adoption if not mindshare at the very least for some professional spaces? Especially those that require on the go processing or is NVIDIA still going to remain entrenched.

Nicholas Buckner

Is only RAM holding back Professional laptops? Are you looking forward to accelerators, FPGAs or ASICs?

Wasmachineman_NL

WHY are there still no Dell Precisions or other big iron workstations with Ryzen?! I'm dying to replace my ThinkPad P50 with a Precision/ThinkPad Pseries with Ryzen, but it just doesn't exist. I don't want no goddamn error cores, I want 8+ actual/big cores, >32GB RAM and a nice keyboard. Being able to run games (like GTA V which is why I bought my P50 in the first place back in 2018) would be nice but not an necessity.

Kator

Hi, I would like to hear guests opinion on intels e-cores. Do they cause any problems in your applications? And would you rather choose 8p+16e-core or just 8p-core (possibly with slightly higher clocks) configuration all other things beeing the same.

Kator

Did LIDAR in iPhones change anything in your field or is it more like, Thats nice feature but not really usable for us?

Dylan M

what are your thought on the Framework 16 laptop with upgradable GPU? could this finally make desktop replacements make sense price wise

MelodicArmor

Hi Brad. Nice to see a fellow supporter on the episode. With the way things are changing in the professional market, where do you see AMD supprt going? Is Intel able to be on time with providing support when it is needed? With rumors of Nvidia now not always helping developers on projects directly like they are known for, do you think this will affect how companies deal with them moving forward?