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Ben Wilson

AMD delays its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors, but it's for a more trivial reason than Intel's ongoing 13th/14th Gen disaster

AMD Ryzen 5 desktop chip with magnifying glass generated by AI.

What you need to know

  • AMD's latest Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors are delayed on their planned July launch until at least August 8, 2024.
  • Of the four planned chips, at least the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X have exhibited production issues.
  • While AMD vaguely confirms the problems, it comes alongside Intel's struggles with widespread and permanent damages to its 13th and 14th Gen Raptor Lake processors caused by microcode (firmware) errors.
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