2.5 Geeks 3/15/18: Killer SSDs, Galaxy S9 Review, Fishy AMD Chip Flaw, Tiny PCs, Trump Going Nuclear!

In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks podcast, Marco and Dave discuss some KILLER fast new SSDs from Intel, Samsung's great new Galaxy S9/S9+ and camera performance versus the potent Google Pixel 2 XL, very FISHY AMD chip flaw allegations, a tiny Mini PC from MINIX, Trump going nuclear on Broadcom over its proposed Qualcomm takeover and more...


Show Notes:
03:56 - Intel Optane SSD 800P Review: A Speedy M.2 Solid State Drive With 3D XPoint For The Masses
13:02 - Intel SSD DC P4510 NVMe PCIe Review
19:45 - Samsung Galaxy S9+ Review: Fantastic And Fast With A Killer Camera
39:45 - AMD Processors and Chipsets Reportedly Riddled With New Security Flaws
47:25 - MINIX Neo N42C-4 Mini-PC Review: A Palm-Sized Quad-Core With Windows 10 Pro
52:40 - Trump Goes Nuclear, Kills Broadcom's Hostile Takeover Of Qualcomm Citing National Security
57:19 - Renowned Physicist And Author Stephen Hawking Has Died At Age 76
Marco Chiappetta

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com