AMD Delays Ryzen 9000: “Did Not Meet Quality Expectations”

AMD has delayed the launch of its Ryzen 9000 CPUs ("Zen 5") to August 15th, with a possibility to ship slightly earlier, due to a non-specific inability to meet "quality expectations." The delay affects all four current models: The Ryzen 9 9950X, R9 9900X, R7 9700X, and R5 9600X are all delayed. Again, it is possible some models ship sooner. The current target is August 15th. We expect to get CPUs for reviews in time for this new release date. AMD provided GN with an official statement. We also provide some (mostly for fun) commentary on the current situation as it relates to Intel's huge CPU mess. Maybe AMD is trying to avoid looking like Intel.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD Delays Zen 5 CPUs
02:01 - Pulling All CPUs Back
04:52 - Not Golden Sample Filtering
06:25 - What This Means for Consumers & Intel
09:36 - Benefits of Delaying

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[GamersNexus]

Is the general consensus that a delay seems better than a botched launch? I'm sure AMD was looking at Intel's situation and considering the optics of their own problems.

[OmahaGTP]

A delay of two weeks is infinitely more preferable to nebulous issues down the line. No one will remember this in a few months. Commence unclutching pearls.
EDIT: to be clear, I was not suggesting Gamers Nexus were the ones clutching pearls.

[iiXboxLiive]

Makes sense for AMD to take their time with this, especially since the competition isn't so compelling right now.

[Lishtenbird]

Intel: delays performance-botching patch until after AMD's launch.
AMD: delays launch until after Intel's performance-botching patch.

[thingsiplay]

“A delayed CPU is eventually good, but a rushed CPU is bad forever”

~ Shigeru Miyamoto, 1913 - 1914

[wallywest]

Absolutely fine with a delay over quality issues. That actually makes me more excited for the new chips, since AMD at least appears to be focused on delivering a quality product.

[nova]

AMD: Delays launch to meet quality expectations
Intel: Delays acknowledgement of issues to meet sales expectations

[qfan]

AMD: we'll wait for the intel patch for the reviews 🧐

[kk]

I love the fact that Steve simply asks the question, "trying to find gold samples for reviews?"

[sergioaraujo]

As someone that had to do a RMA of a 1800x due a memory bug that affected some of the inicial production units, finding this before retail sells them is a good thing.

[tristianyamaty]

"out of an abundance of caution, we're going to delay until Intel makes all of its CPUs slower"

[joemarais]

I’m confused, why didn’t they just increase the voltage of early chips to degrading levels so they could hit performance/stability targets? That’s what Intel does and that’s been going well for them!

[novantha]

You know what? On the one hand I'm super disappointed because I'm overdue a CPU upgrade, but on the other hand, I would rather that companies release products when they're ready as opposed to when they look best on a balance sheet.

[HMarcBower]

AMD learning from others' mistakes. :)

[bradtraq]

The ad for the AIO at the beginning of the video is so authentically honest and positive, with pertinent information about the quality of the main fundamentals of the product that one would be concerned with, and it may be the best YouTube sponsor spot I've seen as far as making me want a product based on the presentation

[colbyconner]

I do validation for automotive chips and the timeline doesn’t surprise me too much. I’d speculate that there’s a process parameter that’s causing issues and wasn’t being reliably caught by the testers. So when validation does the last bulk unit screen on production parts, before launch, some units pop up bad and they have to raise a red flag. The failure rate also needs to be high enough that C-suite doesn’t think they can brush it under a rug. Chances are they updated the testers to catch the issue and affected parts will be binned down.

[dionr]

"A delayed CPU is eventually good, while a rushed one is forever bad."
-Shigeru Miyamoto, gaming industry legend

[reveral]

They delayed it by 15 days? Oh the horror.

[rolen]

There were signs of it being delayed when they wouldn’t reveal the prices a week away from launch

[IceAce]

Imagining the logistics involved in pulling products back, evalute and ship out again, 15 days sounds like an impressive turnaround time. AMD must be super confident it's just the first batch.