Allen
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Ryzen 3000 series 7nm out on July 7. More information on the high-end Motherboards. Apparently, AMD is going "all in" to try and take the high-end CPU/PC hardware crown from Intel.
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X570 Platform Focuses On High-Performance, Value Aspect Fades
With X570, AMD has made the decision to go all out on the X570 platform, cutting no corners and making no sacrifices, but to do this, additional costs have been put in place.
To accommodate the features of the X570 platform, AMD has produced the X570 Chipset in-house, a change compared to previous AM4 chipsets produced by ASMedia. The X570 Chipset reportedly costs more to manufacture,
Chiang also mentioned AMD is positioning itself as a premium, high-performance [CPU/MB] brand, moving away from the long-time reputation as being a value-oriented company.
I won't be surprised if AMD CPU/MB prices increase if/as their performance begins to clearly exceed Intel. On the other hand, Intel still has brand name recognition. That should moderate AMD product costs. And, presumably, 550 and 530 motherboards will be cost effective. We'll see in a month.