AMD Revived the Ryzen 7 5800X3D at Lisa Su's Urging, Interview Reveals
An AMD product manager told MyNavi Tech+ that bringing back the Socket AM4 chip was driven from the top, and required manufacturing updates with TSMC.
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AMD's decision to bring back the Ryzen 7 5800X3D for the Socket AM4 platform earlier this year was an initiative that reached the company's chief executive, Lisa Su, according to comments reported by Japanese publication MyNavi Tech+.
The outlet interviewed Travis Kirsch, AMD's client-segment product manager, who detailed the thinking behind the re-launch. To produce new units identical in specification to the original processors, AMD worked with manufacturing partner TSMC on certain process updates, avoiding the need to restart deprecated production methods.
AMD described the 5800X3D AM4 Anniversary Edition as a gesture toward users still committed to the Socket AM4 platform and DDR4 memory, a group facing sharp price increases on DDR5. The company framed the release as a way to help those users plan their eventual move to the AM5 platform and DDR5 memory at their own pace.
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