AMD could announce the Ryzen 9800X3D processor very soon – maybe even later today – in what might be a bid to run interference with the arrival of Intel’s Arrow Lake desktop CPUs.
Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) has the story on this one, with the leaker informing us (get that saltshaker now) that AMD is currently putting out briefings on the Ryzen 9800X3D, which will be the first Zen 5 chip with 3D V-Cache (the others will follow a bit later – perhaps early next year).
MLID says that AMD now has the final marketing material ready, and the release of the Ryzen 9800X3D should happen in the next week or two.
The idea may be to put out a press release very shortly – to steal some of Arrow Lake’s thunder – and with the latter just announced by Intel, that could mean we hear something from AMD …