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Why did AMD stop updating the FX lineup with their new generations of cores?From


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Why did AMD stop updating the FX lineup with their new generations of cores?

From 2013-2016 they remained on 32nm Piledriver.
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IPC gains were far too small, nobody would have bought them, they would have lost money.
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>>54517418
Do you really want a CPU that tops the 250W draw from a 9590?

Pretty soon we have dedicated CPU power supplies!
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>>54517418
Because it's a waste of money. They're waiting until Zen is ready to start updating their performance desktop lineup again.
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Because a a CRAb killed their CEO with a snip
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>>54517429
This. As I've understood it the FX line never made enough money to sustain itself. Excavator wouldn't have changed that.
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>>54517418
Couldn't make back the money they used up on Piledriver, so clearly another die shrink and refinement wasn't worth the poor slaes it would have made
Given how "far" Excavator has come from Piledriver, it was a good call
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>it took one Mexican CEO to run AMD in to the ground
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The FX chips are not their main thing, never was. It was always an enthusiast chip that offered 8 decent cores for cheap. They make money with APUs, we only talk about the FX at all because we like to game (enthusiasts).

As the earlier anon said there would be no money in updating the FX, they have been building up to Zen instead.
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>>54517665
To absolutely nobodies surprise.
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>>54517445
I have a 9590. Honestly the biggest tech mistake I've ever made.
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>>54517418
>Why did AMD stop updating the FX lineup with their new generations of cores?
Because Bulldozer was fucking worthless trash despite what the idiot fanboys said.

Here's hoping Zen is even half as good as all the rumors surrounding it indicate that it is.
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