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CPU shortage is 'getting more serious day by day, no less than the memory chip situation' says unnamed gaming PC company (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] hark@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

CPU manufacturers were getting jealous at the other hardware manufacturers claiming shortages in this artificial scarcity scenario.

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Intel and AMD aren't claiming shortages. They are switching what they are manufacturing. Companies downstream of them in the consumer space are reporting shortages.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

AMD for sure is trying to manufacture mostly server GPUd for AI, but does Intel even have anything competitive in that space?

[–] carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I assume it sells if they are changing capacity allocations

Intel and AMD have prioritized capacity for server CPUs, and the supply for PCs has become less ... what PC players can get in Q2 is much less than the volume we got in Q1.

Its also worth pointing out that TSMC is a bit booked right now and Intel has its own fabs. So if you need a server CPU you may have to buy from Intel if you need it soon.

Allegedly Intel's CPU performance is improving relative to AMD so it may be getting better.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ah true, I forgot that AMD needs to compete with other companies wanting TSMC capacity.

I'm on an AM4 platform so if I'm upgrading, it'll be to a newer and higher core count AM4 CPU, kinda stuck there. I have no appetite for upgrading to a DDR5 based platform, otherwise I'd be sorta considering Intel right now as AMD's starting to turn on consumers even more than Intel, as was to be expected once they got big enough.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

as AMD's starting to turn on consumers even more than Intel,

Prices aside, if they keep releasing on the same socket for some time I'll consider them a primary option (under the assumption that my motherboard will support it and not dead by then).
Intel mentioned to plan something along those lines but until they are showing proof, I'll keep them on 2nd place.