71. AMD & Intel’s Laptop Revolution: Renoir, Ultrabooks, Thermal Design | OEM Product Manager

A product manager at a MAJOR Laptop OEM joins Tom to discuss the past 15 years of Laptop Innovation…and where we will go in the next 5 years. The Ultrabook Revolution, Ryzen 4000, Zen 3, Ampere Mobile, Tiger Lake, and the trade-offs in laptop design are all discussed. [SPONSOR: https://www.cdkoffers.com/] 25% software discount code: brokensilicon 3% discount code for everything: dieshrink Win10 pro oem key 13$: https://bit.ly/2Wdfghh Win10 Home oem key 11$: https://bit.ly/3dsbSFi Win10 pro oem key FOR 2PC 20$: https://bit.ly/36DFHAB Office 2019 key 29$: https://bit.ly/2WdfBAz Win10 pro oem+Office 2019 41$: https://bit.ly/3ea83Vo 0:11 Who is our guest? What is a Laptop Product Manager? 6:11 How COVID-19 affected IT Businesses 9:11 Do businesses find Desktops useful anymore? Docked Laptops? 17:59 When did laptops stop being so awful? 26:33 Was the “Ultrabook” movement important, or just buzzwords? 31:13 Trade-Offs in Laptop Design: Batteries, cost, weight, perf, etc 37:53 “Gaming Ultrabooks,” or “Creator Laptops.” Is this a threat to AMD’s APU initiatives? 43:41 Can we have more USB ports? Where are the 1440p laptops? 58:10 Did AMD Renoir surprise OEMs? Intel's advantages over AMD? 1:10:10 Why do OEMs use cheap thermal paste? 1:16:45 How will laptops innovate over the next 3-5 years? 1:33:05 What type of laptop do we recommend? External GPUs? 1:41:00 Will windows continue to dominate OEM laptops? 1:44:05 OLED Screens in laptops Putting Renoir Performance in perspective: https://www.techspot.com/review/2018-amd-ryzen-4800h/ The Laptop Tom will evaluated (not recommended YET): https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-envy-laptop-15-ep0098nr Mini LED doesn’t sound cheap: https://videocardz.com/newz/asus-unveils-pg32uqx-4k-144hz-mini-led-hdmi-2-1-gaming-monitor