From PC Mag: AMD’s gaming desktop processor, the Ryzen 9800X3D, is so popular it helped the company’s PC chip business reach record revenue.
“We had record desktop channel sell-out in the fourth quarter in multiple regions as Ryzen dominated the best selling CPU lists at many retailers globally,” the company’s CEO Lisa Su said in an earnings call on Tuesday.
AMD also captured over a “70% share” in the chip sales at Amazon, Newegg and Germany’s Mindfactory retailer during the holiday period, she said. In addition, the company's laptop-focused chips, including the Ryzen AI 300 series, saw a record "sell through share" to PC makers during the same period. Combined, the chip sales drove AMD’s PC “client segment” revenue to achieve a record $2.3 billion sales in Q4 —a 58% increase year-over-year.
The news arrives when sales of the Ryzen 9800X3D have been so hot that the chip remains hard to find at the normal $479 pricing, despite the product launching back in November.
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