87. IT Director Talks Switching to AMD from Intel, Zen 4 vs Sapphire Rapids

Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 2 p.m.

b"There has been much discussion about how hard it is to switch from Intel Servers to AMD\\u2026but that hasn\\u2019t been true for everyone. An IT Director from Richardson Electronics joins Tom to discuss everything server: Zen 4, Sapphire Rapids, Ice Lake-X, and the future of core counts. \\n\\n[SPONSOR: https://www.cdkoffers.com/]\\n25% software discount code: brokensilicon\\n3% discount code for everything: dieshrink\\nWin10 pro oem key 13$: https://bit.ly/2Wdfghh\\nWin10 Home oem key 11$: https://bit.ly/3dsbSFi\\nWin10 pro oem key FOR 2PC 20$: https://bit.ly/36DFHAB\\nOffice 2019 key 29$: https://bit.ly/2WdfBAz\\nWin10 pro oem+Office 2019 41$: https://bit.ly/3ea83Vo\\n\\n0:00 Guest's Work Experience\\n3:40 Applying PC Gaming Hardware Knowledge to IT Management\\n11:48 It's not always hard to switch from Intel to AMD...\\n16:29 Convincing management to switch to AMD...are some intentionally stalling?\\n24:10 Will AMD take market share with Zen 4? ICL-X & SPR?\\n33:41 The Solar Winds Hack: Dangers keeping legacy products\\n35:14 Would you switch back to Intel? How many cores do you need?\\n41:32 Advantages of Modern Storage\\n46:20 Waiting for Zen 4 & Sapphire Rapids due to PCIE 5.0 & CXL?\\n53:04 Is Sapphire Rapids or Zen 4 more interesting to IT? Ice Lake?\\n1:00:56 Would our guest switch to ARM? Do servers need to be x86?\\n1:05:36 What about IBM?\\n1:08:10 Will we eventually have Made-To-Order Chiplet APUs?\\n1:12:30 The Future of Dedicated Graphics Cards\\n1:21:17 Do our input devices hold back gaming?\\n1:27:00 What skills do you need for a career in IT?\\n1:31:17 What technology are IT Managers missing? \\n\\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-clark-3a431988/\\nhttps://www.amd.com/en/case-studies/richardson-electronics\\nServer Engineer Interview (#2 out of 3 interviews): https://youtu.be/Fh95scsUX_M\\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/us/politics/russian-hacking-government.html\\nhttps://www.theverge.com/2021/1/2/22210667/solarwinds-hack-worse-government-microsoft-cybersecurity"