Ryzen 5800X3D Revival was Lisa Su's Initiative, and Other Interesting Details
Japanese tech publication MyNavi Tech+ interviewed Travis Kirsch, the client-segment product manager for AMD, and there are some interesting excerpts from the conversation. It turns out that reviving Ryzen 7 5800X3D for…
Japanese tech publication MyNavi Tech+ interviewed Travis Kirsch, the client-segment product manager for AMD, and there are some interesting excerpts from the conversation. It turns out that reviving Ryzen 7 5800X3D for the Socket AM4 market earlier this year, was an initiative going as far up as CEO Lisa Su. The effort required certain manufacturing process updates with TSMC to ensure they can build new 5800X3D chips that are identical in specs to the original ones, without having to revive deprecated manufacturing processes.
AMD says that 5800X3D AM4 Anniversary Edition was released as a parting gift to the loyal Socket AM4 crowd that's holding on to DDR4 memory in the wake of brutal overpricing of DDR5. It was planned to help users better plan their transition to AM5 and DDR5 memory. The 5800X3D offers contemporary levels of performance with games, and its re-launch triggered a new wave of product launches from motherboard vendors. Read full story
AMD says that 5800X3D AM4 Anniversary Edition was released as a parting gift to the loyal Socket AM4 crowd that's holding on to DDR4 memory in the wake of brutal overpricing of DDR5. It was planned to help users better plan their transition to AM5 and DDR5 memory. The 5800X3D offers contemporary levels of performance with games, and its re-launch triggered a new wave of product launches from motherboard vendors. Read full story