Did AMD Really 'Jebait' NVIDIA? Radeon VP Scott Herkelman Interview

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, July 11, 2019, 09:34 PM EDT

Hot on the heels of the release of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series processors and Navi-based Radeon RX 5700 series, we’ve connected with the VP and General Manager of the Radeon Business Unit, Scott Herkelman, to discuss the launch, get a few technical questions answered, and get to the bottom of the “jebaiting” story.

Show Notes:
02:15 – Scott’s Role As VP and General Manager of the Radeon BU
05:54 – What Did The Hardware Review Community Miss With The Radeon RX 5700 Launch?
10:45 – Radeon Image Sharpening versus NVIDIA DLSS
13:11 – What Happens During The Bring-Up Of A New GPU?
16:15 – Scott’s Thoughts On The Push For Real-Time Ray Tracing
20:23 – How Did AMD Increase IPC With Navi?
21:33 – Explaining The New Radeon RX Series Naming Convention
23:42 – With Such A Small Die Size, How Much Wiggle-Room Does AMD Have to Make Bigger / Smaller GPUs?
25:35 – JEBAITED! Yes, No, Maybe? Scott Explains...
40:21 – Are There Issues With The Radeon RX 5700 Series H.264 Encoding Engine?

Tags: AMD, podcast, (nasdaq:amd), two-and-a-half-geeks, navi, scott herkelman, radeon rx 5700, jebaited

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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