[Hardware]AMD Ryzen loses market share due to TSMC

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For the first time in four years, AMD Ryzen processors regress in market share as TSMC cannot keep up with demand
amd ryzen loses market share
The success of the Ryzen processors has been a boon for AMD, which has now become a curse. Its processors, added to graphics cards and console SoCs have turned against it. TSMC can't keep up with AMD's demand and things are not looking to get better anytime soon. In addition, the COVID pandemic has not helped at all, leading to Ryzen processors to decline in market share.

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AMD Ryzen processors decline in market share as TSMC cannot keep up with demand
AMD's situation in the market could not be more idyllic in January 2020. They sold processors by the handful, their RX 5000 graphics were well received and by the end of the year new processors, graphics and console SoCs would arrive. But the coronavirus has turned that idyllic situation into chaotic.

 
There has been a huge increase in the sale of laptops and desktops due to the pandemic. The arrival of a new range of CPUs and GPUs, as well as SoCs for Sony and Microsoft. All of this has led TSMC to be unable to meet the demand from AMD.

amd ryzen market share falls
From the third quarter of 2016 to the third quarter of 2020 the company has been growing in market share. They have gone from 9.1% to 20.1%, a quite remarkable growth. But in the fourth quarter of 2020 they have registered a share of 19.3%, which represents a drop of 0.8%.

More and more users are buying AMD Ryzen processors and TSMC no longer has the capacity to manufacture more. This has created a brutal lack of stock of Ryzen 5000 processors. Now it is Intel who can successfully nurture processors to the market and take advantage of AMD's problems. The twists and turns of life.

It seems that Intel has more or less left behind the production problems under the 14nm node. Added to this is that its 10nm lithography would already offer the capacity to mass produce processors. We still do not fully understand Intel Core 'F' Series processors, as do many users. These processors have a disabled iGPU and the rest of the features are the same as their counterparts without the 'F'. In addition, the price of the processors without iGPU, are equal to those with the iGPU enabled. These processors also return to the much maligned thermal compound, therefore they do not have the DIE and IHS soldered.

Intel does not solder the DIE and IHS of the Core 'F'
The positive thing about the Coffee Lake Refresh processors is that the IHS and DIE were re-soldered. This was very celebrated because it allows to improve the cooling of these processors. But they have investigated what the Core i5 9400F are like, opening the processor and discovering that these new processors go without TIM solder.