James was a Senior Product Manager at AMD who stewarded Zen, Threadripper, and more to success! He now works at SiFive – A RISC-V company that seems poised to become part of Intel…
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0:00 Who is James Prior? What did he do at Rage3D & AMD?
8:00 Remembering the HD 6670 – one of the last great $80 GPUs
11:54 The Journey from AMD Piledriver to Zen 2
16:28 How does AMD see Intel? How companies analyze competition.
23:09 Do companies adjust their products based on rumors?
26:48 Zen 1’s Turbulent Launch
29:00 Did AMD expect Intel to have more? Creation of Threadripper.
38:20 The State of Tech Journalism
42:35 Lisa Su’s Leadership: What changed at AMD to make them win?
53:00 AMD’s Competitive Position in 2021, When will Intel comeback?
57:51 Why is Intel bringing big.LITTLE to Desktop?
1:05:00 What is AMD’s biggest weakness right now?
1:15:17 RADEON vs Nvidia vs Intel – Graphics Competition
1:26:04 How does AMD decide who gets new products for review?
1:37:37 RISC-V & Intel Buying SiFive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesdprior/
https://www.sifive.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOCA_2_Touring_Cars
https://www.rage3d.com/reviews/video/amd_hd6670_hd6570_launch_review/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-10/chipmaker-sifive-is-said-to-draw-intel-takeover-interest
