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Josh Walrath

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Managing Editor

Location

Laramie, WY. USA

Bio

Josh started writing about the computer field in 1997, opened his own site in 1999 (Penstarsys.com), and joined PC Perspective in 2008.  He handles a lot of the general tech and some of the deep dives into products such as CPUs and GPUs.  He appears on the PC Perspective Podcast live every Wednesday night at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT.

You can find Josh on PC Perspective as well as:

• Email: jwalrath@pcper.com
• Google+: http://gplus.to/joshwalrath
• Twitter: http://twitter.com/JoshDWalrath

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Recent Posts

Recent Posts

Jaguar + GCN - The Compute Architecture for Temash and Kabini

05/23/2013 - 00:01

AMD officially unveiled their brand new Bobcat architecture to the world at CES 2011.  This was a very important release for AMD in the low power market.  Even though Netbooks were a dying breed at that time, AMD experienced a good uptick in...

Hardware Flashback: Asus P5A

05/15/2013 - 21:37

  I first got into computers in the 8088 days, but I started to do it professionally when Socket 5 was transitioning to Socket 7.  The Pentium 133 based Quantex system I bought after the Atlanta Olympics catapulted me into the modern computer...

Hardware Flashback: Asus K7M

05/08/2013 - 21:51

  It might not be entirely obvious to viewers, but I love old hardware.  I came across a stash of old machines at my workplace that we were going to just throw away.  I was able to grab a couple of pretty interesting products from years...

AMD Unveils New Gamer Memory: MOAR RAMDISK!

05/08/2013 - 00:01

  AMD makes memory!  Ok, they likely contract out memory.  Then they brand it!  Then they throw in some software to make RAMDisks out of all that memory that you are not using.  Let us face it; AMD is not particularly doing...

AMD Releases FX CPU Refreshes

04/30/2013 - 14:04

  Today AMD has released two new processors that address the AM3+ market.  The FX-6350 and FX-4350 are two new refreshes of the quad and hex core lineup of processors.  Currently the FX-8350 is still the fastest of the breed, and there is...

AMD Details hUMA: HSA in Action!

04/30/2013 - 01:11

  Several years back we first heard AMD’s plans on creating a uniform memory architecture which will allow the CPU to share address spaces with the GPU.  The promise here is to create a very efficient architecture that will provide...

AMD Releases Latest Generation of G-Series Embedded Products

04/24/2013 - 22:15

  It has long been known that AMD has simply not had a lot of luck going head to head against Intel in the processor market.  Some years back they worked on differentiating themselves, and in so doing have been able to stay afloat through hard...

GLOBALFOUNDRIES: 2013 and Beyond

04/17/2013 - 10:15

It has been a while since we last talked about GLOBALFOUNDRIES, and it is high time to do so.  So why the long wait between updates?  Well, I think the long and short of it is a lack of execution from their stated roadmaps from around 2009 on....

Two Technologies to Watch

04/17/2013 - 00:03

Two implementations really stand out on GF’s roadmap.  The 14XM FinFET node is a low power product aimed at mobile applications at 14 nm.  It will not be a good choice for large, power hungry products like GPUs, but it will be appropriate...

ARM Mali Graphics Interview: Digging into the graphics side of ARM

03/25/2013 - 20:57

  ARM is a company that no longer needs much of an introduction.  This was not always the case.  ARM has certainly made a name for themselves among PC, tablet, and handheld consumers.  Their primary source of income is licensing CPU...

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