The chip maker says it is increasing capacity for half a year
AMD had a big year in 2020, but demand for its gaming chips has surpassed supply.
As reported by Tom’s Hardware, AMD CEO Lisa Su said the Q4 2020 employment call is expected to be “slightly tight” through the first half of 2021, although there will be “additional capacity” in the second half of the year.
Su notes that this has been the biggest impact on the low – end gaming and PC market, and AMD confirmed to Tom ‘s Hardware that packaging shortages are also a cause for concern in the supply chain.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak was discovered when the next-gen systems were launched, and last November, Microsoft CFO Tim Stuart said the company expected to see a shortage. Xbox Series X | S to Q2 2021.
In late 2020, Xbox boss Phil Spencer told his corporate communications director Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb that he had been on a phone call with Su the week before, discussing how he could get more solar.
“It just depends on physics and engineering,” Spencer said. “We’re not holding them back, we’re building them as fast as we can. All our collection lines are going.”