AMD limited CPU and GPU sales in the second half of 2022 to prevent unsold inventory.
In the midst of a severe decline in the PC market, AMD informed investors during its Q4-2022 earnings conference call that it “undershipped” chips in the second half of 2022 to maintain pricing (margins) high and save itself from unsold inventories. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su told investors, “We undershipped...
A New Intel Architecture Called “Lunar Lake” Is Designed to Rule the 15W Market
Not AMD in the client desktop and server markets, but rather companies like Apple and Qualcomm in the ultraportable notebook SoC market, provide Intel’s toughest long-term competition. In addition to its current Hybrid architecture-based “Rocket Lake-U” processors, the company is aiming to meet the challenge head-on with its upcoming “Meteor...
Intel releases their flagship Core i9-13900KS 8P+16E processor for $700.
The flagship Core i9-13900KS “Raptor Lake” desktop processor was officially introduced by Intel today. With an MSRP of USD $700, the i9-13900KS replaces the $590 i9-13900K as the most expensive 13th Gen Core desktop component available. With higher clock speeds and power constraints than the i9-13900K, the i9-13900KS has the...
AMD confirms that just one of the two chiplets for the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and 7900X3D has a 3DV Cache.
With availability set for February 2023, AMD today introduced its new Ryzen 7000X3D high-end desktop processors. You can read more about them in our previous post. We detected an oddity in the cache sizes of the 12-core 7900X3D and 16-core 7950X3D throughout our coverage. The dual-CCD 7900X3D and 7950X3D were...
Intel plans to release “Sapphire Rapids 64L” HEDT in Q1 2023 and “Raptor Lake Refresh” Core Desktop Processors in Q3 2023.
A leaked roadmap indicates that Intel intends to update its desktop CPU product stack in Q3 2023 with new “Raptor Lake Refresh” SKUs. In the same way as “Coffee Lake Refresh” created the 9th Gen Core, replacing the 8th Gen Core “Coffee Lake,” it is currently unknown whether these are...
Early January will see the launch of AMD’s non-X Ryzen 7000 Series desktop processor SKUs.
In January, AMD intends to significantly expand its Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” Socket AM5 desktop CPU selection, just like Intel intends to do with its 13th Gen Core “Raptor Lake.” With the 7000X3D series and 7000 non-X series, AMD will expand its inventory in both directions—toward the higher end and...
Retailer: Intel Core i9-13900KS 6 GHz Processor MSRP Is 22% More Expensive Than i9-13900K.
A Canadian retailer with early placeholder listings for chips that won’t be in sale for months predicts that Intel’s next Core i9-13900KS flagship processor would cost an estimated 22% more than the i9-13900K. The i9-13900KS, which has a maximum boost frequency of either at or over 6.00 GHz compared to...
Benchmark Results for AMD’s 4th Generation EPYC “Genoa” Processors
Yesterday, AMD unveiled EPYC Genoa, the newest member of the data center CPU family. They are known as the fourth generation EPYC processors and include PCIe 5.0, DDR5, and CXL capabilities in addition to a Zen 4 design. AMD made the decision to produce SKUs with up to 96 cores...
Dual-CCD packages are used in some AMD Ryzen 5 7600X processors.
A de-lidding achievement by der8auer reveals that some AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-core/12-thread processors could be built with dual-CCD “Raphael” packages. All six CPU cores are present on just one of the two CCDs in this processor, which functions similarly to a single-CCD package. The other CCD is fully deactivated....
AMD Cuts Down Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” Production As Demand Drops Like a Rock
AMD allegedly downsized production of its Ryzen 7000 series work area processors because of grim interest across the PC equipment industry. Wccftech professes to have perused an interior organization report calling for decreased supply to the channel as market reaction to the Ryzen 7000-series is frail. This comes closely following...