The American company is not at a loss for words when it comes to criticizing its competitors' offerings.
Perhaps you're one of the many users who were thinking of upgrading your gaming PC with the release of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D? The latest chip from AMD was eagerly awaited by thousands of gamers, thanks to the combined benefits of the AM5 platform, Zen 5 architecture and 3D Vertical Cache technology. A trio of assets that should enable it to shine on just about any task, in just about any situation... and the international press tests proved them right: the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is indeed versatility incarnate.
Unfortunately, technical success and the expectations of thousands of enthusiasts don't necessarily go hand in hand, and the Ryzen 7 9800X3D very quickly found itself out of stock just about everywhere in the world, with restocking already reserved before it was even shipped! For AMD, the situation is not necessarily a problem, as it enables the company to maintain high prices for a chip which, when released, is more expensive than the model it replaces, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D.
When questioned by our Tom's Hardware colleagues, AMD acknowledged availability problems, but mainly blamed its direct competitor for the stock shortages. " We knew we'd done the job. We didn't know that the competition [Intel] had designed a horrible product," AMD manager Frank Azor told Tom's Hardware, before adding that " demand [for the Ryzen 7 9800X3D] has been higher than we anticipated ". His colleague, David McAfee, added: " We've increased our production capacity for X3D parts, and that includes the 7000 series as well as the 9000X3D [...] To manufacture a traditional semiconductor, it takes 12 to 13 weeks from the time you start making a wafer to the time you get the product out the door [...] the stacking process [3D V-Cache] adds time to that ". Let's face it, we've never seen such a justification before.
