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JEMC said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

Ryzen 5000 APUs leaked:

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-5000-pro-zen-3-apus-game-changer-for-businesses

Quite some power in those 65W APUs as it beats Zen/Zen+ Desktop chips, partially due to outstanding cache performance. Main drawback: They are not compatible to PCI-E 4.0.

And the next one hit by the chip shortages is... Realtek.

Which means that Audio chips will become a rare commodity - and as a result, mainboards and Laptops will get their supplies limited in turn.

Those little guys pack a good punch, but I don't understand why AMD decided to not include PCIe 4.0. It could have been the final nail in the coffin of Intel's laptop market.

The shortage of Realtek chips is unbelievable. Is there anything that's not in short supply nowadays?

Keep in mind that at it's base it's a mobile chip that's being used on desktop here. Considering that PCIe 4.0 still needs quite a bit of power, enough to require active cooling on most X570 motherboards, I think  it would just have soaked up a lot of the power budget of the chip, way too much to be viable in it's mobile form.

As for what's not in short supply, I'd say shortages...

Captain_Yuri said:

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 & Ryzen 7 5800 Zen 3 OEM Desktop CPUs Launched

https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-5900-ryzen-7-5800-zen-3-oem-desktop-cpus-launched-8-core/

OEM only? Seriously?



Even Intel gives DIY users the ability to purchase cheaper chips. This would be like if Intel only shipped K series chips. If anyone thought AMD at the top would be fine, it's time to rethink that idea. This is exactly why we need competition.

Hopefully AMD will still release a DIY version.

Could be that AMD needed to lock these chips to OEMs for now due to the chip crunch to ensure having something to deliver to them. The Cezanne desktop chips were already pushed back one quarter due to it to have enough supply at launch, so chances are that they will come at a later date if the chip crunch resolves itself at some point.

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 13 April 2021