AMD has postponed the launch of its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors after discovering that the initial production units sent to channel partners did not meet quality standards.
AMD Delays Ryzen 9000
To address this, AMD has delayed the official release of its six- and eight-core Ryzen 9600X and 9700X CPUs to August 8, and its 12- and 16-core Ryzen 9900X and 9950X CPUs to August 15, as announced by Jack Huynh, AMD’s SVP and GM of Computing and Graphics on Xitter today.
Originally slated for a July 31 release, these processors were introduced at Computex earlier this year.
“We found an issue with the initial production testing of the Ryzen 9000 series processors that could lead to some units falling short of our quality standards,” AMD spokesperson Matthew Hurwitz told The Register.
“We have updated our testing procedures to include additional screening to ensure that we deliver products that meet our quality standards. We are collaborating with our channel partners to replace the initial production units with new ones.”
Details on the specific issue missed in testing are unclear, but AMD’s quick response suggests they’ve found a solution. The long-term effectiveness of this fix remains to be seen.
In the meantime, check out our closer look at the Zen 5 cores that power the Ryzen 9000-series and AMD’s upcoming Epyc 5 Turin chips.
AMD is not alone in facing recent challenges. The Ryzen 9000 delay follows Intel’s announcement of a fix for stability issues affecting its Raptor Lake desktop chips. Intel had previously acknowledged that some 13th and 14th-gen processors were experiencing unusual behavior due to “elevated operating voltages” from a faulty microcode algorithm. A microcode patch is now promised to address these issues in K, KF, and KS Raptor Lake models.
