2.5 Geeks 6/6/2018: 32-Core Threadripper! 28-Core Core-X! Maingear F131, Snapdragon 850, And More!

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 08:30 PM EDT

In this latest episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks podcast, Marco, Chris and Dave talk about AMD's 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 32-core beast, Intel's 28-core Core-X powerhouse, Maingear's incredible F131 gaming desktop PC, Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 850 for thin and light all-day, always-connected Windows 10 PCs, ARM's next-generation mobile processor cores, and we’re looking for ideas on what we should give away next!

Show Notes:
07:50 - AMD Demos Beastly 32-Core 2nd Gen Threadripper, 7nm Vega With 32GB HBM2
15:57 - Intel Demos 28-Core, 56-Thread 5GHz Monster Core-X CPU, Available In Q4 2018
28:12 - Maingear F131 Review: A High Performance Gaming PC Masterpiece
40:53 - HP ZBook X2 G4 Review: A Powerful Convertible For Creative Professionals
58:10 - Arm Cortex-A76 And Mali-G76 Architectures For Next-Gen Mobile Revealed
69:34 - Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 850 Mobile Platform For Always Connected Windows 10 PCs
73:29 - Google Home Vs Amazon Echo: Which Smart Speaker Is Best For You?
75:05 - AMD and Corsair Contest Winner System Build Teaser

Tags: AMD, Intel, Amazon, Google, Qualcomm, Maingear, ARM, podcast, Geeks, webcast

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