AMD Ryzen 4000 CPUs are one of the most anticipated launch of this year when it comes to latest processors. Featuring the Zen 3 cores which are expected to deliver incremental IPC gains & brand new architectural changes, the Ryzen 4000 Desktop CPUs will be the 3rd most significant launch in the Ryzen family of CPUs that has been introduced since 2017.

AMD Ryzen 4000 'Vermeer' Desktop CPUs Hitting Mass Production Soon, B0 Stepping With Zen 3 Cores Ready

I say 3rd significant launch in the Ryzen family because we all know that Zen+ which came after the original Zen core was more of a refresh on a slightly enhanced node. The Zen+ architecture did go on to deliver some key efficiency and clock gains over the Zen 1 based Ryzen 1000 CPUs but so far, there have been two major launches for the desktop family, the 14nm Zen 1 and the 7nm Zen 2.

The 3rd major launch will be in the form of the 7nm+ based Zen 3 powered Ryzen 4000 CPUs that are codenamed 'Vermeer' for the desktop platform. In a series of leaks, Igor's Lab has confirmed that Ryzen 4000 Desktop CPUs are already in B0 stepping and will be heading to mass production soon. Since we're already in Q3, a mass production around the mid of this quarter would suggest a hard launch in Q4 which is something that has been pointed out for a while now.

According to the source, the B0 stepping is close to the final retail version so it should not be long before mass production commences on AMD's Ryzen 4000 'Vermeer' Desktop CPUs. Only time will tell if AMD can produce enough CPU quantities to carter a hard launch during the holiday season that is Q4. There have been rumors going around for a while that AMD's initial Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs would be aiming the high-end segment first following up with mainstream and entry-level chips for the mass volume market in early 2021.

Back in 2019, AMD had to face some trouble with its high-end Ryzen 3000 supply consisting of Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 CPUs which were available in very limited quantities around the globe that was mostly due to the fact that TSMC's entire 7nm capacity was fully booked by other customers but AMD being one of the leading and largest customers of 7nm had a fair bit of supply open up for them to ease up the huge demand of its high-end CPUs.

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