Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599
Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable unlocked Zen 5-based processor will cost $279, whereas the highest-performing Zen 5-powered CPU will cost $599 at launch.
AMD will start its Ryzen 9000 series rollout from relatively inexpensive six-core Ryzen 5 9600X and eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X on August 8. Per the Best Buy listing, the Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $279, whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X will carry a recommended price tag of $359. Meanwhile, The more advanced 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will hit the market on August 15 at MSRPs of $449 and $599, respectively, based on the Best Buy listing.
| AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge) |
|||||||
| AnandTech | Cores / Threads |
Base Freq |
Turbo Freq |
L2 Cache |
L3 Cache |
TDP | MSRP |
| Ryzen 9 9950X | 16C / 32T | 4.3GHz | 5.7GHz | 16 MB | 64 MB | 170 W | $599 |
| Ryzen 9 9900X | 12C / 24T | 4.4GHz | 5.6GHz | 12 MB | 64 MB | 120 W | $449 |
| Ryzen 7 9700X | 8C / 16T | 3.8GHz | 5.5GHz | 8 MB | 32 MB | 65 W | $359 |
| Ryzen 5 9600X | 6C / 12T | 3.9GHz | 5.4GHz | 6 MB | 32 MB | 65 W | $279 |
It is noteworthy that when compared to the launch prices of the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors, the new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in cheaper. The range topping Ryzen 9 5950X started at $799 in 2020, while the Ryzen 9 7950X had a recommended $699 price tag in 2022. By contrast, the top-end Ryzen 9 9950X is listed at $599. Both Ryzen 7 5600X and Ryzen 7 7600X cost $299 at launch, while the upcoming Ryzen 5 9600X will apparently be priced at $279 at launch.
As always with accidental retailer listings, it should be emphasized that AMD has not yet announced official pricing for their Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Given Best Buy's status as one of the largest US electronics retailers, these prices carry a very high probability of being accurate; but none the less, they should be taken with a grain of salt – if only because last-minute price changes are not unheard of with new CPU launches.
Source: Best Buy (via @momomo_us)
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Kioxia Demonstrates Optical Interface SSDs for Data Centers 
A few years back, the Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO ) allocated funding for the development of green datacenter technologies. With the aim to obtain up to 40% savings in overall power consumption, several Japanese companies have been developing an optical interface for their enterprise SSDs. And at this year's FMS, Kioxia had their optical interface on display.
For this demonstration, Kioxia took its existing CM7 enterprise SSD and created an optical interface for it. A PCIe card with on-board optics developed by Kyocera is installed in the server slot. An optical interface allows data transfer over long distances (it was 40m in the demo, but Kioxia promises lengths of up to 100m for the cable in the future). This allows the storage to be kept in a separate room with minimal cooling requirements compared to the rack with the CPUs and GPUs. Disaggregation of different server components will become an option as very high throughput interfaces such as PCIe 7.0 (with 128 GT/s rates) become available.
The demonstration of the optical SSD showed a slight loss in IOPS performance, but a significant advantage in the latency metric over the shipping enterprise SSD behind a copper network link. Obviously, there are advantages in wiring requirements and signal integrity maintenance with optical links.
Being a proof-of-concept demonstration, we do see the requirement for an industry-standard approach if this were to gain adoption among different datacenter vendors. The PCI-SIG optical workgroup will need to get its act together soon to create a standards-based approach to this problem.
Storage
U.S. Signs $1.5B in CHIPS Act Agreements With Amkor and SKhynix for Chip Packaging Plants 
Under the CHIPS & Science Act, the U.S. government provided tens of billions of dollars in grants and loans to the world's leading maker of chips, such as Intel, Samsung, and TSMC, which will significantly expand the country's semiconductor production industry in the coming years. However, most chips are typically tested, assembled, and packaged in Asia, which has left the American supply chain incomplete. Addressing this last gap in the government's domestic chip production plans, these past couple of weeks the U.S. government signed memorandums of understanding worth about $1.5 billion with Amkor and SK hynix to support their efforts to build chip packaging facilities in the U.S.
Amkor to Build Advanced Packaging Facility with Apple in Mind
Amkor plans to build a $2 billion advanced packaging facility near Peoria, Arizona, to test and assemble chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona. The company signed a MOU that offers $400 million in direct funding and access to $200 million in loans under the CHIPS & Science Act. In addition, the company plans to take advantage of a 25% investment tax credit on eligible capital expenditures.
Set to be strategically positioned near TSMC's upcoming Fab 21 complex in Arizona, Amkor's Peoria facility will occupy 55 acres and, when fully completed, will feature over 500,000 square feet (46,451 square meters) of cleanroom space, more than twice the size of Amkor's advanced packaging site in Vietnam. Although the company has not disclosed the exact capacity or the specific technologies the facility will support, it is expected to cater to a wide range of industries, including automotive, high-performance computing, and mobile technologies. This suggests the new plant will offer diverse packaging solutions, including traditional, 2.5D, and 3D technologies.
Amkor has collaborated extensively with Apple on the vision and initial setup of the Peoria facility, as Apple is slated to be the facility's first and largest customer, marking a significant commitment from the tech giant. This partnership highlights the importance of the new facility in reinforcing the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and positioning Amkor as a key partner for companies relying on TSMC's manufacturing capabilities. The project is expected to generate around 2,000 jobs and is scheduled to begin operations in 2027.
SK hynix to Build HBM4 in the U.S.
This week SK hynix also signed a preliminary agreement with the U.S. government to receive up to $450 million in direct funding and $500 million in loans to build an advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The proposed facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2028, which means that it will assemble HBM4 or HBM4E memory. Meanwhile, DRAM devices for high bandwidth memory (HBM) stacks will still be produced in South Korea. Nonetheless, packing finished HBM4/HBM4E in the U.S. and possibly integrating these memory modules with high-end processors is a big deal.
In addition to building its packaging plant, SK hynix plans to collaborate with Purdue University and other local research institutions to advance semiconductor technology and packaging innovations. This partnership is intended to bolster research and development in the region, positioning the facility as a hub for AI technology and skilled employment.
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Kioxia Demonstrates Optical Interface SSDs for Data Centers
A few years back, the Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO ) allocated funding for the development of green datacenter technologies. With the aim to obtain up to 40% savings in overall power consumption, several Japanese companies have been developing an optical interface for their enterprise SSDs. And at this year's FMS, Kioxia had their optical interface on display.
For this demonstration, Kioxia took its existing CM7 enterprise SSD and created an optical interface for it. A PCIe card with on-board optics developed by Kyocera is installed in the server slot. An optical interface allows data transfer over long distances (it was 40m in the demo, but Kioxia promises lengths of up to 100m for the cable in the future). This allows the storage to be kept in a separate room with minimal cooling requirements compared to the rack with the CPUs and GPUs. Disaggregation of different server components will become an option as very high throughput interfaces such as PCIe 7.0 (with 128 GT/s rates) become available.
The demonstration of the optical SSD showed a slight loss in IOPS performance, but a significant advantage in the latency metric over the shipping enterprise SSD behind a copper network link. Obviously, there are advantages in wiring requirements and signal integrity maintenance with optical links.
Being a proof-of-concept demonstration, we do see the requirement for an industry-standard approach if this were to gain adoption among different datacenter vendors. The PCI-SIG optical workgroup will need to get its act together soon to create a standards-based approach to this problem.
Storage
U.S. Signs $1.5B in CHIPS Act Agreements With Amkor and SKhynix for Chip Packaging Plants
Under the CHIPS & Science Act, the U.S. government provided tens of billions of dollars in grants and loans to the world's leading maker of chips, such as Intel, Samsung, and TSMC, which will significantly expand the country's semiconductor production industry in the coming years. However, most chips are typically tested, assembled, and packaged in Asia, which has left the American supply chain incomplete. Addressing this last gap in the government's domestic chip production plans, these past couple of weeks the U.S. government signed memorandums of understanding worth about $1.5 billion with Amkor and SK hynix to support their efforts to build chip packaging facilities in the U.S.
Amkor to Build Advanced Packaging Facility with Apple in Mind
Amkor plans to build a $2 billion advanced packaging facility near Peoria, Arizona, to test and assemble chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona. The company signed a MOU that offers $400 million in direct funding and access to $200 million in loans under the CHIPS & Science Act. In addition, the company plans to take advantage of a 25% investment tax credit on eligible capital expenditures.
Set to be strategically positioned near TSMC's upcoming Fab 21 complex in Arizona, Amkor's Peoria facility will occupy 55 acres and, when fully completed, will feature over 500,000 square feet (46,451 square meters) of cleanroom space, more than twice the size of Amkor's advanced packaging site in Vietnam. Although the company has not disclosed the exact capacity or the specific technologies the facility will support, it is expected to cater to a wide range of industries, including automotive, high-performance computing, and mobile technologies. This suggests the new plant will offer diverse packaging solutions, including traditional, 2.5D, and 3D technologies.
Amkor has collaborated extensively with Apple on the vision and initial setup of the Peoria facility, as Apple is slated to be the facility's first and largest customer, marking a significant commitment from the tech giant. This partnership highlights the importance of the new facility in reinforcing the U.S. semiconductor supply chain and positioning Amkor as a key partner for companies relying on TSMC's manufacturing capabilities. The project is expected to generate around 2,000 jobs and is scheduled to begin operations in 2027.
SK hynix to Build HBM4 in the U.S.
This week SK hynix also signed a preliminary agreement with the U.S. government to receive up to $450 million in direct funding and $500 million in loans to build an advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The proposed facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2028, which means that it will assemble HBM4 or HBM4E memory. Meanwhile, DRAM devices for high bandwidth memory (HBM) stacks will still be produced in South Korea. Nonetheless, packing finished HBM4/HBM4E in the U.S. and possibly integrating these memory modules with high-end processors is a big deal.
In addition to building its packaging plant, SK hynix plans to collaborate with Purdue University and other local research institutions to advance semiconductor technology and packaging innovations. This partnership is intended to bolster research and development in the region, positioning the facility as a hub for AI technology and skilled employment.
Semiconductors
Western Digital Introduces 4 TB microSDUC, 8 TB SDUC, and 16 TB External SSDs 
Western Digital's BiCS8 218-layer 3D NAND is being put to good use in a wide range of client and enterprise platforms, including WD's upcoming Gen 5 client SSDs and 128 TB-class datacenter SSD. On the external storage front, the company demonstrated four different products: for card-based media, 4 TB microSDUC and 8 TB SDUC cards with UHS-I speeds, and on the portable SSD front we had two 16 TB drives. One will be a SanDisk Desk Drive with external power, and the other in the SanDisk Extreme Pro housing with a lanyard opening in the case.
All of these are using BiCS8 QLC NAND, though I did hear booth talk (as I was taking leave) that they were not supposed to divulge the use of QLC in these products. The 4 TB microSDUC and 8 TB SDUC cards are rated for UHS-I speeds. They are being marketed under the SanDisk Ultra branding.
The SanDisk Desk Drive is an external SSD with a 18W power adapter, and it has been in the market for a few months now. Initially launched in capacities up to 8 TB, Western Digital had promised a 16 TB version before the end of the year. It appears that the product is coming to retail quite soon. One aspect to note is that this drive has been using TLC for the SKUs that are currently in the market, so it appears unlikely that the 16 TB version would be QLC. The units (at least up to the 8 TB capacity point) come with two SN850XE drives. Given the recent introduction of the 8 TB SN850X, an 'E' version with tweaked firmware is likely to be present in the 16 TB Desk Drive.
The 16 TB portable SSD in the SanDisk Extreme housing was a technology demonstration. It is definitely the highest capacity bus-powered portable SSD demonstrated by any vendor at any trade show thus far. Given the 16 TB Desk Drive's imminent market introduction, it is just a matter of time before the technology demonstration of the bus-powered version becomes a retail reality.
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![](https://twitter.com/share?url=https://compbuddey.blogspot.com/2024/08/best-buy-briefly-lists-amds-ryzen-9000.html&text=Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599 <p align="center"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/2613900-amd-ryzen-9000-series-processor-tile_575px.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p><p>Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable unlocked Zen 5-based processor will cost $279, whereas the highest-performing Zen 5-powered CPU will cost $599 at launch.</p>
<p>AMD will start its Ryzen 9000 series rollout from relatively inexpensive six-core Ryzen 5 9600X and eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X on August 8. Per the Best Buy listing, the Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $279, whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X will carry a recommended price tag of $359. Meanwhile, The more advanced 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will hit the market on August 15 at MSRPs of $449 and $599, respectively, based on the Best Buy listing.</p>
<table border="0" style="text-align:center" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr class="tgrey">
<td colspan="8">AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors<br />
Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tlblue">
<td><em>AnandTech</em></td>
<td>Cores /<br />
Threads</td>
<td>Base<br />
Freq</td>
<td>Turbo<br />
Freq</td>
<td>L2<br />
Cache</td>
<td>L3<br />
Cache</td>
<td>TDP</td>
<td>MSRP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9950X</b></td>
<td>16C / 32T</td>
<td>4.3GHz</td>
<td>5.7GHz</td>
<td>16 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>170 W</td>
<td><em>$599</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9900X</b></td>
<td>12C / 24T</td>
<td>4.4GHz</td>
<td>5.6GHz</td>
<td>12 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>120 W</td>
<td><em>$449</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 7 9700X</b></td>
<td>8C / 16T</td>
<td>3.8GHz</td>
<td>5.5GHz</td>
<td>8 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$359</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 5 9600X</b></td>
<td>6C / 12T</td>
<td>3.9GHz</td>
<td>5.4GHz</td>
<td>6 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$279</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>It is noteworthy that when compared to the launch prices of the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors, the new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in cheaper. The range topping Ryzen 9 5950X started at $799 in 2020, while the Ryzen 9 7950X had a recommended $699 price tag in 2022. By contrast, the top-end Ryzen 9 9950X is listed at $599. Both Ryzen 7 5600X and Ryzen 7 7600X cost $299 at launch, while the upcoming Ryzen 5 9600X will apparently be priced at $279 at launch.</p>
<p>As always with accidental retailer listings, it should be emphasized that AMD has not yet announced official pricing for their Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Given Best Buy's status as one of the largest US electronics retailers, these prices carry a very high probability of being accurate; but none the less, they should be taken with a grain of salt – if only because last-minute price changes are not unheard of with new CPU launches.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img alt="" src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/GT0TH6zbwAMc9hj_575px.png" /></a></p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a> (via <a href="https://x.com/momomo_us/status/1818631374707761456">@momomo_us</a>)</p>
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![](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://compbuddey.blogspot.com/2024/08/best-buy-briefly-lists-amds-ryzen-9000.html&media=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tr8JhP5H9CLYLOtEujy8SzKP4FCbDQvvP-kI580Gdmjb5WPbSRoEZ83PgP8JFL4wX6s6yOgxfmBh3oRH9zKV0a7szAkU88ZFl921w1BgDlIpROVOiAg9iu-3orqHTY0FIWRSIn48jycK5yZGf11zTn5kx5nwt1rzqmWQNPc3VdfzE&description=Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599 <p align="center"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/2613900-amd-ryzen-9000-series-processor-tile_575px.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p><p>Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable unlocked Zen 5-based processor will cost $279, whereas the highest-performing Zen 5-powered CPU will cost $599 at launch.</p>
<p>AMD will start its Ryzen 9000 series rollout from relatively inexpensive six-core Ryzen 5 9600X and eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X on August 8. Per the Best Buy listing, the Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $279, whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X will carry a recommended price tag of $359. Meanwhile, The more advanced 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will hit the market on August 15 at MSRPs of $449 and $599, respectively, based on the Best Buy listing.</p>
<table border="0" style="text-align:center" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr class="tgrey">
<td colspan="8">AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors<br />
Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tlblue">
<td><em>AnandTech</em></td>
<td>Cores /<br />
Threads</td>
<td>Base<br />
Freq</td>
<td>Turbo<br />
Freq</td>
<td>L2<br />
Cache</td>
<td>L3<br />
Cache</td>
<td>TDP</td>
<td>MSRP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9950X</b></td>
<td>16C / 32T</td>
<td>4.3GHz</td>
<td>5.7GHz</td>
<td>16 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>170 W</td>
<td><em>$599</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9900X</b></td>
<td>12C / 24T</td>
<td>4.4GHz</td>
<td>5.6GHz</td>
<td>12 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>120 W</td>
<td><em>$449</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 7 9700X</b></td>
<td>8C / 16T</td>
<td>3.8GHz</td>
<td>5.5GHz</td>
<td>8 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$359</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 5 9600X</b></td>
<td>6C / 12T</td>
<td>3.9GHz</td>
<td>5.4GHz</td>
<td>6 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$279</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>It is noteworthy that when compared to the launch prices of the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors, the new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in cheaper. The range topping Ryzen 9 5950X started at $799 in 2020, while the Ryzen 9 7950X had a recommended $699 price tag in 2022. By contrast, the top-end Ryzen 9 9950X is listed at $599. Both Ryzen 7 5600X and Ryzen 7 7600X cost $299 at launch, while the upcoming Ryzen 5 9600X will apparently be priced at $279 at launch.</p>
<p>As always with accidental retailer listings, it should be emphasized that AMD has not yet announced official pricing for their Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Given Best Buy's status as one of the largest US electronics retailers, these prices carry a very high probability of being accurate; but none the less, they should be taken with a grain of salt – if only because last-minute price changes are not unheard of with new CPU launches.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img alt="" src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/GT0TH6zbwAMc9hj_575px.png" /></a></p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a> (via <a href="https://x.com/momomo_us/status/1818631374707761456">@momomo_us</a>)</p>
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![](https://web.whatsapp.com/send?text=Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599 <p align="center"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/2613900-amd-ryzen-9000-series-processor-tile_575px.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p><p>Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable unlocked Zen 5-based processor will cost $279, whereas the highest-performing Zen 5-powered CPU will cost $599 at launch.</p>
<p>AMD will start its Ryzen 9000 series rollout from relatively inexpensive six-core Ryzen 5 9600X and eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X on August 8. Per the Best Buy listing, the Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $279, whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X will carry a recommended price tag of $359. Meanwhile, The more advanced 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will hit the market on August 15 at MSRPs of $449 and $599, respectively, based on the Best Buy listing.</p>
<table border="0" style="text-align:center" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr class="tgrey">
<td colspan="8">AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors<br />
Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tlblue">
<td><em>AnandTech</em></td>
<td>Cores /<br />
Threads</td>
<td>Base<br />
Freq</td>
<td>Turbo<br />
Freq</td>
<td>L2<br />
Cache</td>
<td>L3<br />
Cache</td>
<td>TDP</td>
<td>MSRP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9950X</b></td>
<td>16C / 32T</td>
<td>4.3GHz</td>
<td>5.7GHz</td>
<td>16 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>170 W</td>
<td><em>$599</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9900X</b></td>
<td>12C / 24T</td>
<td>4.4GHz</td>
<td>5.6GHz</td>
<td>12 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>120 W</td>
<td><em>$449</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 7 9700X</b></td>
<td>8C / 16T</td>
<td>3.8GHz</td>
<td>5.5GHz</td>
<td>8 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$359</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 5 9600X</b></td>
<td>6C / 12T</td>
<td>3.9GHz</td>
<td>5.4GHz</td>
<td>6 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$279</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>It is noteworthy that when compared to the launch prices of the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors, the new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in cheaper. The range topping Ryzen 9 5950X started at $799 in 2020, while the Ryzen 9 7950X had a recommended $699 price tag in 2022. By contrast, the top-end Ryzen 9 9950X is listed at $599. Both Ryzen 7 5600X and Ryzen 7 7600X cost $299 at launch, while the upcoming Ryzen 5 9600X will apparently be priced at $279 at launch.</p>
<p>As always with accidental retailer listings, it should be emphasized that AMD has not yet announced official pricing for their Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Given Best Buy's status as one of the largest US electronics retailers, these prices carry a very high probability of being accurate; but none the less, they should be taken with a grain of salt – if only because last-minute price changes are not unheard of with new CPU launches.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img alt="" src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/GT0TH6zbwAMc9hj_575px.png" /></a></p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a> (via <a href="https://x.com/momomo_us/status/1818631374707761456">@momomo_us</a>)</p>
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![](mailto:?subject=Best Buy Briefly Lists AMD's Ryzen 9000 CPUs: From $279 to $599 <p align="center"><a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21495/best-buy-lists-amds-ryzen-9000-cpus-from-279-to-599"><img src="https://images.anandtech.com/doci/21495/2613900-amd-ryzen-9000-series-processor-tile_575px.jpg" alt="" /></a></p><p><p>Although AMD delayed launch of its Ryzen 9000-series processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture from July 31, to early and mid-August, the company's partner (and major US retailer) Best Buy briefly began listing the new CPUs today, revealing a very plausible set of launch prices. As per the retailer's product catalog, the most affordable unlocked Zen 5-based processor will cost $279, whereas the highest-performing Zen 5-powered CPU will cost $599 at launch.</p>
<p>AMD will start its Ryzen 9000 series rollout from relatively inexpensive six-core Ryzen 5 9600X and eight-core Ryzen 7 9700X on August 8. Per the Best Buy listing, the Ryzen 5 9600X will cost $279, whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X will carry a recommended price tag of $359. Meanwhile, The more advanced 12-core Ryzen 9 9900X and 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X will hit the market on August 15 at MSRPs of $449 and $599, respectively, based on the Best Buy listing.</p>
<table border="0" style="text-align:center" width="95%">
<tbody>
<tr class="tgrey">
<td colspan="8">AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors<br />
Zen 5 Microarchitecture (Granite Ridge)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="tlblue">
<td><em>AnandTech</em></td>
<td>Cores /<br />
Threads</td>
<td>Base<br />
Freq</td>
<td>Turbo<br />
Freq</td>
<td>L2<br />
Cache</td>
<td>L3<br />
Cache</td>
<td>TDP</td>
<td>MSRP</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9950X</b></td>
<td>16C / 32T</td>
<td>4.3GHz</td>
<td>5.7GHz</td>
<td>16 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>170 W</td>
<td><em>$599</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 9 9900X</b></td>
<td>12C / 24T</td>
<td>4.4GHz</td>
<td>5.6GHz</td>
<td>12 MB</td>
<td>64 MB</td>
<td>120 W</td>
<td><em>$449</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 7 9700X</b></td>
<td>8C / 16T</td>
<td>3.8GHz</td>
<td>5.5GHz</td>
<td>8 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$359</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tlgrey"><b>Ryzen 5 9600X</b></td>
<td>6C / 12T</td>
<td>3.9GHz</td>
<td>5.4GHz</td>
<td>6 MB</td>
<td>32 MB</td>
<td>65 W</td>
<td><em>$279</em></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>It is noteworthy that when compared to the launch prices of the Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 processors, the new Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 CPUs come in cheaper. The range topping Ryzen 9 5950X started at $799 in 2020, while the Ryzen 9 7950X had a recommended $699 price tag in 2022. By contrast, the top-end Ryzen 9 9950X is listed at $599. Both Ryzen 7 5600X and Ryzen 7 7600X cost $299 at launch, while the upcoming Ryzen 5 9600X will apparently be priced at $279 at launch.</p>
<p>As always with accidental retailer listings, it should be emphasized that AMD has not yet announced official pricing for their Ryzen 9000 CPUs. Given Best Buy's status as one of the largest US electronics retailers, these prices carry a very high probability of being accurate; but none the less, they should be taken with a grain of salt – if only because last-minute price changes are not unheard of with new CPU launches.</p>
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<p>Source: <a href="http://www.bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a> (via <a href="https://x.com/momomo_us/status/1818631374707761456">@momomo_us</a>)</p>
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Kioxia Demonstrates Optical Interface SSDs for Data Centers
A few years back, the Japanese government's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO ) allocated funding for the development of green datacenter technologies. With the aim to obtain up to 40% savings in overall power consumption, several Japanese companies have been developing an optical interface for their enterprise SSDs. And at this year's FMS, Kioxia had their optical interface on display.
For this demonstration, Kioxia took its existing CM7 enterprise SSD and created an optical interface for it. A PCIe card with on-board optics developed by Kyocera is installed in the server slot. An optical interface allows data transfer over long distances (it was 40m in the demo, but Kioxia promises lengths of up to 100m for the cable in the future). This allows the storage to be kept in a separate room with minimal cooling requirements compared to the rack with the CPUs and GPUs. Disaggregation of different server components will become an option as very high throughput interfaces such as PCIe 7.0 (with 128 GT/s rates) become available.
The demonstration of the optical SSD showed a slight loss in IOPS performance, but a significant advantage in the latency metric over the shipping enterprise SSD behind a copper network link. Obviously, there are advantages in wiring requirements and signal integrity maintenance with optical links.
Being a proof-of-concept demonstration, we do see the requirement for an industry-standard approach if this were to gain adoption among different datacenter vendors. The PCI-SIG optical workgroup will need to get its act together soon to create a standards-based approach to this problem.
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