[woofie11]

I wasn't comparing to AMD.

I've had few enough interactions with AMD that I can't pass judgement, but from the few I've had were consistent with your assessment. AMD was a complete black hole. My interactions with Intel were lightyears ahead of AMD.

But Intel, in turn, was lightyears behind Analog, Linear, Maxim, TI, and most other vendors I've dealt with (this was before Analog gobbled Linear and Maxim up).

[chithanh]

XMG (a gaming laptop brand) even publicly announced that AMD would not meet their request for validation samples of Ryzen 5800 and 5900 CPUs. CPUs that have been launched and are shipping to other customers already.

https://www.reddit.com/r/XMG_gg/comments/n4i3x2/update_threa...

[robocat]

If AMD at at 100% production capacity, why would they want to increase demand? Surely supplying validation samples could only hurt AMD in that situation (technical costs, disappointing the customer when the customer want to shift to production).

[einpoklum]

> why would they want to increase demand?

1. It's not mostly about the demand, but about maintaining good working relations with systems manufacturers.

2. Increased demand is not a daily thing. Positive reviews and manufacturer interests would likely hold for a while, effecting the next production planning cycle or what-not.

3. Counteract effects quelling demand.

4. They could theoretically avoid letting prices drop if demand is strong.

[fshbbdssbbgdd]

A business can always use more demand, even if all they use it for is raising prices.

[digikata]

It really depends on who the targeted customers are. I remember inquiring on some TI lines and being told by the rep that unless you’re a customer anticipating 1M+ units, that chip really isn’t available.

[redtexture]

Is that one thousand, or one million?

[digikata]

This was a while ago, but I recall it as one million.