Weekly Tech Rant: Episode 171

Episode 171: It’s Time for AMD’s Zen 5 Breakthroughs and Intel’s Counter Moves, Plus PlayStation VR2 and Apple’s Slim Future

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In This Episode:

• News
  • AMD
    • AMD’s first Zen 5 CPU is the ‘monster’ Ryzen 9 9950X
    • AMD unveils Ryzen AI 300 CPUs for Copilot+ laptops
    • AMD reveals the MI325X, a 288GB AI accelerator built to battle Nvidia’s H200
    • AMD Announces Zen 5-based EPYC “Turin” Processors: Up to 192 Cores, Coming in H2’2024
  • Intel
    • Intel details new Lunar Lake CPUs that will go up against AMD, Qualcomm, and Apple
    • PlayStation VR2’s PC adapter hits this August, with missing features
• Rumours
  • iPhone 16 Pro to feature world’s thinnest smartphone bezel
  • Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner

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