In a shock email late onFriday, AMD has released a statement to clarify the situation it is in with its latest Ryzen processors. There’s a positive, that the next generation of Threadripper processors will enter the market in November, but the negative is that AMD is delaying its release of the 16 Core Ryzen 9 3950 X until November as well, citing a high demand for these parts and time is needed to ensure that sufficient stock is available.
The statement from AMD says:
We are focusing on meeting the strong demand for our 3rd generation AMD Ryzen processors in the market and now plan to launch both the AMD Ryzen 9 3950 X and initial members of the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor family in volume this November. We are confident that when enthusiasts get their hands on the world first 16 – core mainstream desktop processor and our next-generation of high-end desktop processors, the wait will be well worth it.*****
As far as we understand, this is nothing to do with recent reports of TSMC requiring 6 months for new 7nm orders: the silicon for these processors would have been ordered months ago, with the only real factor being binning and meeting demand . It will be interesting to see how the intersection of the 16 core with next gen Ryzen will play out.
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