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Just a FYI, VLSI Technologies Inc. was acquired by Phillips and then NXP Semiconductors. The plaintiff here is VLSI Technologies LLC, a small entity that bought these 2 patents from NXP after acquisitions According to the court filing VLSI owns a portfolio of 160 US and foreign patents which...

I can assure you they will not be doing that, every single Ryzen 5000 is getting bought up, there is no reason for them to hold inventory and contribute to the global shortage when there is a buyer waiting

Was the exact opposite for me, Fry's was the motherlode in the early 2000's at least in the Bay Area and made put our Microcenter location here out of business. With the rise of e-commerce Amazon/Newegg they simply could not make the transition plus the stores ended up carrying "weird branded"...

Like the first commenter, let's not compare this to a 2 generation old CPU. This should be compared to 10th/11th generation. We are hardware enthusiasts here not apple fanboys. Also let's point out the obvious, every new piece hardware is going to demolish its predecessor; that's a given