Podcast #218 - Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!

Subject: General Tech | September 13, 2012 - 04:53 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: z77x-ud7, z77n-wifi, WD, thunderbolt, SoC, podcast, lucid, idf 2012, Hybrid Drive, haswell, gpu, gigabyte, arm, a6

PC Perspective Podcast #218 - 09/13/2012

Join us this week as we talk about the Gigabyte Z77X-UD7, Apple A6 SoC, Thunderbolt GPU Tech from Lucid, and more!

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Hosts: Josh Walrath, Jeremy Hellstrom, Allyn Malvantano and Scott Michaud

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Program length: 1:01:33

Podcast topics of discussion:

1. Week in Reviews:
   1. 0:02:50 Live Recap: Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 & Z77N-Wifi Preview
   2. 0:11:11 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review
   3. 0:16:20 Apple A6 SOC: Cortex A15 Hits the Market
   4. 0:21:30 IDF 2012: Intel Haswell Architecture Revealed
      1. Intel Haswell CPUs as low as 10W TDP
2. 0:28:05 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI!
3. News items of interest:
   1. 0:28:45 IDF 2012: Lucid External GPUs?
   2. 0:32:05 IDF 2012: Intel Dives in to Oil!
   3. 0:35:45 IDF 2012: Western Digital Hybrid Hard Drives - 5mm 500GB
   4. 0:38:00 AMD Steamroller -- Shrunk Die Without a Die Shrink?
   5. 0:39:50 Firefox OS Interface: Sept 6, 2012.
   6. 0:42:30 CiiNow Sounds Like Wii... also AMD Investment.
   7. 0:47:15 Valve Big Picture Mode for Steam
4. Closing:
   1. 0:50:36 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
      1. Jeremy: SLI\CrossFire PSU for dirt cheap, NewEgg not quite so good
      2. Josh: Not terrible. Hopefully it actually works for the S3
      3. Allyn: WD MyBook VelociRaptor Duo
      4. Scott: Back to school? For the love of God, laser printers.

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