Obviously his reputation is in the toilet ever since (also due to him frankly melting down about how this was really AMD's fault, and that they must have changed the lineup since he published his leak, and if his leak wasn't right they should have told him). But at the time he was extremely revered among the AMD fanbase for breaking a fair few scoops, like the IO Die design for Zen2 server and desktop chips, and he claimed this was a very well-sourced leak that he was confident in.
People also leaned on statements from Kyle at HardOCP, another long-time analyst as well as statements from Der8auer (an overclocker who works at CaseKing) that 5 GHz was quote "very realistic".
There has been a concerted effort to retcon that and pretend that he was just some crazy who nobody ever believed, but this shit completely took over hardware discussion for the month before CES, and had a strong contingent of believers all the way up to the actual launch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCdsTBsH-rI
Obviously his reputation is in the toilet ever since (also due to him frankly melting down about how this was really AMD's fault, and that they must have changed the lineup since he published his leak, and if his leak wasn't right they should have told him). But at the time he was extremely revered among the AMD fanbase for breaking a fair few scoops, like the IO Die design for Zen2 server and desktop chips, and he claimed this was a very well-sourced leak that he was confident in.
People also leaned on statements from Kyle at HardOCP, another long-time analyst as well as statements from Der8auer (an overclocker who works at CaseKing) that 5 GHz was quote "very realistic".
There has been a concerted effort to retcon that and pretend that he was just some crazy who nobody ever believed, but this shit completely took over hardware discussion for the month before CES, and had a strong contingent of believers all the way up to the actual launch.
Contemporary discussion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/a34nnm/ryzen_3000_rade...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/a3kteb/amd_ryzen_3000_...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/ahxxpg/der_8auer_think...