AMD feels supply shortages will affect PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC gaming until at least 2H 2021:
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su said, "overall demand exceeded planning" and CPU/GPU shortages will primarily impact gaming hardware and the low-end of the PC market. Gaming products impacted include both consoles and gaming CPUs and GPUs. This will continue until production resumes at full capacity, which may take up to 2H 2021. [...]
Ultimately, consoles such as the Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X and Series S are likely to be the most affected of all until 2H 2021. [...]
[...] Adding to the supply woes is the fact that global GDDR6 shortage is expected to continue well into February and may be even beyond thus affecting all NVIDIA and AMD GPUs that use this memory standard.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 01 2021, @01:02PM (3 children)
I could solve this problem in a day. Simply increase the rate of production to full capacity and add more capacity.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by c0lo on Monday February 01 2021, @01:08PM (2 children)
Wrong. The solution is to outsource packaging to the Amazon warehouse guys.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday February 01 2021, @02:31PM (1 child)
Packaging of course refers to chip components. However, shipping is also affected.
In pandemic travel bust, cargo shipments of Botox and cheese replace passengers for starving airlines [cnbc.com]
Previously, you could ship products by including them in the cargo hold on passenger flights. With fewer passenger flights, there are more expensive cargo-only flights and companies like Apple can buy a lot of the capacity. That can directly affect CPU and GPU availability and pricing.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 01 2021, @02:39PM
Nothing is impossible for the Amazon workers, if Bezos say so. They'll use wrapping paper mache if the plastics are missing.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 01 2021, @01:09PM (4 children)
What the heck is "2H 2021"? The second hour of 2021?
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday February 01 2021, @02:17PM
Waiting until January 1, 1:00 AM for product launches is hard, but worth it.
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(Score: 5, Informative) by Fishscene on Monday February 01 2021, @03:03PM
"2H" isn't often used, so the question is quite valid.
2H means "2nd half". So shortages until the 2nd half of 2021.
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(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 02 2021, @08:31AM (1 child)
It's when Microsoft releases Windows 10 2021 H2 build 2021 on February 21 in year 2021 but since it is delayed they are releasing it sooner before H1 in CY21 but in FY21 which is afterwards due to the whole date/time bug in Windows 10 2021 H1 which causes problems with people who are in the 2nd hemisphere. The Sony Xbox one series X 360 XX is so different than than the Xbox X Microsoft S series X box PlayStation5X with the H2 2021 microcode update from Intel that fixes the timing code side channel bleeding bug codenamed H2 that executes every other halve of a CPU context switch in the new APU GPU on the core threaded die of the H2 socket 2021 if GodDamnDR6 is used.
So I really don't understand what all the confusion is and you don't need to be so damn dense and hyperbolic.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday February 02 2021, @11:25AM
FYI, I found your post a bit elliptic (ok, ok, elliptic by a lot, to the point of going in circles) and yet fluffily informative.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Monday February 01 2021, @02:12PM (1 child)
AMD has been cramming a lot of stuff onto TSMC's "7nm" node. Xbox and PS5, Zen 2 Matisse, Rome, and Renoir/Lucienne, Zen 3 Vermeer, Milan, and Cezanne, RDNA1/2 GPUs, etc. The next-gen consoles in particular eat up a lot of the capacity.
AMD could outsource some of its APU and GPU production to Samsung in the near future [notebookcheck.net]
Before, you could get budget products like Zen+ made on GlobalFoundries "12nm". Soon, maybe AMD will start using Samsung "8nm" and other nodes to fill that role.
Report: Intel Signs Contract To Outsource CPUs To TSMC’s 3nm Process [wccftech.com]
AMD Caught In WallStreetBets Drama As Shady Robinhood Dares To Limit Trading [hothardware.com]
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday February 01 2021, @06:28PM
The Aerial Banner at the bottom of the story in the AMD / Robinhood trade limiting article was nuts.
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