AMD Could be Resurrecting Ryzen 3000G APU Series

[T0@st]

AMD is reported to be reissuing its old Zen+ (12 nm) tech in order to meet demand for cheaper, lower-end systems in China, according to information released by Board Channels this week. The insider source claims that a new production order has been placed for Ryzen 3000G series APUs (requesting up to 30,000 units) and these processors are likely to be sold as part of hardware bundles with (similar vintage) low-end AM4-based motherboards - for example the B450 and A320 series, these older boards are still popular budget choices in China and readily available. The leak does not mention whether AMD is choosing to issue completely new hardware or if it is simply reproducing its 2019-era SKUs.

AMD released two Ryzen 3000G models back in 2019 - the 3400G and 3200G, both are quad-core Picasso APUs although the latter is lacking in simultaneous multithreading. It is not clear whether the super low budget AMD Athlon 3000G model will be included as part of the alleged 30K unit order. The 3000G series' onboard iGPUs (based on AMD's first generation Vega architecture) are likely preferred by the budget-conscious buyer since a discrete graphics card is not an essential part of builds intended for an office setting or a simple/functional home computer setup.



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[ixi]

Back to the future, but for office pc ideal. To avoid laptops.

 

[LabRat 891]

Hopefully they're unique SKUs.
Especially, if this is a 'massive, but limited' run, it'll make for some oddball APUs to play with, years down the line.

 

[TechLurker]

AMD producing older parts isn't much of a surprise to me personally; I'm reminded of the fact that even up into 1st and 2nd Gen Ryzen, when I bought a brand new FX-9590X on firesale just to max out my old AMD rig for fun before tweaking it down, it came with their 1st gen Ryzen Wraith Cooler instead of the older unbranded generic cooler, and the CPU itself was of a more recent year make despite the age.

They also did it again for a time into the 3rd Gen Ryzen while still releasing updated 2XXX APUs on an updated node for the budget market. Now as the 3XXX APUs have been pretty solid entry level options, it's no surprise they're being produced again for a limited time. I do wonder if they also updated the nodes a bit like they did with the refreshed 2XXX APUs. Which if true, could make the freshly ordered 3XXX APUs theoretically a bit more efficient than older 3XXX APUs.

 

[zerozen]

Are you sure the orders cause by a fat finger or a toddler smashing the order buttons in China?!

 

[LabRat 891]

Are you sure the orders cause by a fat finger or a toddler smashing the order buttons in China?!

Nope. It's (likely) legit.

I can recall seeing at least 2 or 3 instances over the past 5-7yrs where China-market has need/interest in older and slower (but new and cheap) components.
IIRC, CCP offices (are supposed to) use PCs based off a China-native platform, and it's at least 3 generation behind.

 

[kapone32]

My Guess is these were released before the embargo