KitGuru was paying close attention when Samsung teased their Galaxy Ring wearable in January at their Galaxy Unpacked event. When MWC rolled around in February we saw the Galaxy Ring on show and thought 'eh? that looks familiar' as the resemblance to the Oura Gen 3 is quite uncanny, and that seemed like a golden opportunity for Leo to gives his thoughts...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.74: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite!
Leo looks ahead to the Snapdragon X Elite, expected to launch at Computex
Read More »Leo talks DDR5 with AMD’s Martijn Boonstra
We dig into the details of EXPO and talk about the balance between clock speed and latency...
Read More »Leo Says Ep. 68: Making Meteor Lake in Malaysia!
Leo took a recent trip to Malaysia to find out how Meteor Lake is being made
Read More »Leo Says Ep.67 – Is Intel really ditching its 20A process for TSMC N3?
We recently covered Intel's claim that it would deliver five fabrication nodes in four years which would allow the chip giant to regain its process technology leadership, presumably from TSMC, by 2025. These are bold claims that were immediately challenged by news that Intel would ditch its own 20A process in Arrow Lake and would instead use the TSMC N3 process...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.66: Intel’s 5 Nodes in 4 years
The man himself is back with another episode of Leo Says - this time, it's all about Intel
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep13) – More Intel 12th Gen CPUs to Come
We have seen the ‘K’ suffix Core i9, Core i7, and Core i5 12th Gen processors from Intel, but that will not be the entire stack. In this one, Leo and Luke discuss the other possible upcoming 12th Gen processors and look at some of the parts that could be value champs taking the place of the Core i5-10400F and 11400F of yesteryear...
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep10) – Intel Graphics
Intel's discrete desktop graphics products are just a few months away and we are excited to see what they bring to the table. In this one, we discuss the upcoming GPUs and we also go off on a tangent about HDR, display technologies, video connections, and other (somewhat) related topics. Leo's secret admirer also makes a guest appearance...
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep9) – AMD X570S
In this episode, Leo and Luke discuss new AMD X570S motherboards with an appearance by MSI's MPG X570S Carbon EK X. As usual, ramblings hit a variety of topics including liquid cooling, airflow, and Leo's own system that he uses daily...
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep8) – Intel Alder Lake
We are finally back in person for another Leo and Luke discussion about some exciting tech topics. We start with a talk on Intel's upcoming 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs and the upcoming introduction of DDR5 memory. There's plenty to be excited about, so let's speculate rampantly...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.63 – Intel Ditches Nanometres for Angstroms
We had big news from Intel this week, with the company unveiling its new process node roadmap and outlining plans to regain the process performance leadership crown by 2025. We've heard from Intel, now let's see what Leo thinks...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.62 – We NEED Taiwan!
At KitGuru we focus on technology and for obvious reasons we try to avoid politics, religion and mention of the pandemic. In today's episode of Leo Says we have pushed our editorial limits with a video about Taiwan that discusses the importance of TSMC and the peculiar way that Taiwan is diplomatically ignored by almost every nation on the planet...
Read More »Leo Says Ep. 61 – Nvidia wants to rule the world
Nvidia made a big splash when they announced their planned CPU named Grace at their recent virtual GTC event. We all know about Nvidia's GPUs and we are sort-of aware of Bluefield which is described as a DPU. Now Nvidia also has plans for a CPU, so that means they have a Three Chip Strategy which surely merits a video from Leo...
Read More »Leo Says Ep. 60 – Rocket Lake could have been even worse!
Here's how Rocket Lake on 10nm could've been worse than what we saw last week
Read More »Leo Says 59: Tock Is Cheap
Leo discusses Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's latest video, outlining his IDM 2.0 Vision...
Read More »Luke & Leo (Ep8) AMD Ryzen 5000 Pricing
Ryzen 5000 has launched and both Luke and Leo are impressed by the performance offered up by the chips. Some of AMD's pricing decisions seem a bit bizarre, though, and have let Intel back into the picture with some of their ageing refined 14nm processors. Let's discuss Ryzen 5000, Zen 3, Intel competition, and more availability woes.
Read More »Luke and Leo Get Technical (Ep7) – AMD & Nvidia Supply Problems
Leo is loving life with his AMD RX 6800 XT graphics card to go alongside his liquid cooled Nvidia RTX 3080. Is he the luckiest graphics card enthusiast around by having managed to bag both cards? And what is exactly is going on with supply? Let's have a discussion...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.52 – AMD Big Navi, Yes Please!
Leo was prepared to be underwhelmed by AMD's big reveal about Radeon RX 6000 but Holy Heck did Lisa Su do the business. The new RX 6800 and 6800 XT take the fight to Nvidia RTX 3070 and 3080 but who predicted that Radeon RX 6900 XT might take on the mighty RTX 3090?
Read More »Leo Says Ep.51 – Zen 3 makes Intel look cheap!
AMD is claiming enormous IPC increases of 19 percent with its Ryzen 5000 CPUs, and a win over Intel when it comes to 1080p gaming. Zen 3 looks very, very good but you can rely on Leo to find something that causes mild annoyance...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.50 – Intel Hot ‘n’ Spicy!
Today we are back and pleased to hit the 50-episode milestone for Leo Says! In this Half-Century special, Leo is one again looking closely at Intel and the latest news surrounding the company. There's more discussion about Xe GPUs, Ponte Vecchio, and a look ahead to both Alder Lake and Tiger Lake CPUs...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.49 – Intel Tiger Lake
Today Leo is back, and Intel remains a hot topic of conversation. In this episode, our grumpy hero is focusing on the company's Tiger Lake architecture which is set for release next month. We first saw Tiger Lake back at CES 2020, so you can bet Leo had a lot to say on the topic back then... and there's even more to say now...
Read More »Leo Says Ep.48 – Intel 7nm sounds AWFUL
Intel has been in the news this past week, and today Leo weighs in with his thoughts on it all...
Read More »Leo Says Episode 42 – All About CPUs!
Back with another episode of Leo Says, today Leo is focused on the latest news around AMD and Intel's CPUs
Read More »Leo Says Ep 41- MSI in Spain
Last week LEO spent some time with MSI over in Spain to get the lowdown on X570 motherboards and MSI's upcoming slate of cases and monitors!
Read More »Leo Says Episode 40: The Intel Special
After spending a couple of days at Intel's development centre in Israel, Leo returns with an Intel-focused episode to share what was learned.
Read More »AMD Special Edition – Leo Says Episode 39
The last few weeks in the computing world have been dominated by AMD - the company stole the show at Computex with its Ryzen 3000 processors and accompanying X570 motherboards, while at E3 we got our first looking at the upcoming RX 5700 graphics cards. You can bet our grumpy hero, Mr Leo Waldock, has a lot to say on these two topics, so here he is with an AMD Special Edition of 'Leo Says'.
Read More »Leo Says Ep. 38 – GTX 1660 Ti, DLSS, 16in MacBook Pro, and USB alphabet spaghetti
Today Leo returns with another episode of Leo Says. As always, our grumpy hero has a lot to discuss, touching first on GTX 1660 Ti and its distinct lack of RTX features. He also mentions DLSS and its limitations as explored by HARDWARE UNBOXED, while there is also news of a new 16in MacBook Pro and an overview of some announcements made at MWC 2019. You can also bet that Leo has a lot to say about the new USB naming conventions, too...
Read More »Leo Says 36: VEGAS Shooting Guns, Meeting youtube stars, AMD, Nvidia & Intel
Leo is back on UK shores after a long week at CES with Briony in Las Vegas. In today's episode, Leo runs over some additional thoughts on the show, AMD's recent CPU & GPU announcements, Intel's illusive 28-core Xeon, Nvidia RTX and more.
Read More »Leo Says 35: New Year’s Eve edition with RTX 2060 rumours, CTS Labs, Intel 9th Gen mobile CPUs at Computex?
It's the final Leo Says of the year - and there is plenty to discuss, as always
Read More »Leo Says 33: Leo Buys an iPAD PRO !?!?, AMD Rumors, TITAN RTX, Samsung QVO, Nvidia 20-series for laptop
Leo has a lot to say this week, and he bought an iPAD PRO, Gen 3. His first Apple product, ever !
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