Memory overclocking being blamed for AMD Ryzen chips burning themselves to death

AMD 3D V-Cache stacked chips up close render

Following initial reports of Ryzen 7000-series processors burning out under certain conditions, we now have a little more information on what might be causing these chips' untimely deaths. 

In a statement to Der8auer, Asus notes that it has added new thermal monitoring mechanisms to protect chips. The statement goes on to mention AMD Expo and SoC voltage, which appears to suggest these may have some connection with the issues reported so far.