Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings
by modeless on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:31AM
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Intel isn't being stomped on by AMD and Apple. The stomper is TSMC (and Samsung to a lesser extent). Without TSMC, M1 and Zen 3 don't exist. (Quite literally in the case of Zen 3, as you still can't buy one!) It's all about the fabs.
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I don't know anything about other regions but Zen3 Desktop CPUs are available in multiple stores in Germany and Europe.
How expensive is it in Germany? Russian retailers also had a decent supply, but the 5950X cost ~$1050 in the winter, ~$990 now. Which is a little bit more than the usual regional premium but honestly not too bad. GPU prices are much much worse. Over $1200 for a 6700XT – yes the one with a seven. 2.5 times the US MSRP :/
Currently lists for 899€ in stock: https://m.notebooksbilliger.de/amd+ryzen+9+5950x+cpu+684033
In Sweden the 5950X costs the equivalent to US$ 1060 right now.
You have been able to but Zen 3 laptops for a good while now. Not sure about desktop CPUs thought.
But that's mostly because of apple reserving TSMC entire 5nm line, so AMD is still on 7nm (although they look extremely promising even on an older node)
Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings
by kingosticks on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:29AM
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Apple did reportedly reserve all the initial 5nm capacity but I don't think we can say that's the reason AMD are still on 7nm. The early state of any node better lends itself to lower power, small SoCs. AMD may have been offered some capacity and turned it down because they prefer a more mature process for their larger chips with high-speed IO. Given the shortages now maybe with hindsight they regret that - who knows.
Zen 3 laptops haven't even been properly announced and are definitely not shipping. Even the Zen 2 models are in very short supply. Desktop Zen 3 is what is shipping and quantities are very limited as demand is very high.
You can order Asus Zen3 laptops such as ROG Zephyrus on Amazon today.
I stand corrected. Seems like the 35W chips have indeed shipped. I've been waiting for the 15W parts to reach the Lenovo range.The part they'll use was only even announced a month ago. Even within those some of the 5000 generation are Zen 2 parts. Desktop has been out for much longer across the whole range but availability seems quite poor.
I don't know about where you are, but supply has caught up with demand for Zen 3 in the UK.
Re:AMD Reports Q1 2021 Earnings
by slowwriter on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:40AM
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Good point, Intel’s primary weakness at the moment is definitely that they are failing at progressing their own fabrication process