https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/amd-cpu-sales-skyrocket-with-ryzen-5000-launch-leaving-intel-in-the-dust
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What sales, they hardly had any stock available.
Out of curiosity, are you trying to buy a chip, or a system?
If the latter, is it possible that it's a problem with PC makers not assembling enough AMD systems, rather than AMD not making enough chips?
I'm asking because for a long time Intel would have deals where they'd give PC manufacturers a hefty discount if AMD were less than 10% of their sales; such that the only way for AMD to make it worthwhile for HP / Dell / whoever to make more than 10% AMD systems would be to pay them to put their chips in machines (negative costs). They were taken to court over it and punished, but that doesn't mean they aren't doing it again.
Particularly as apparently they're still saying what they did wasn't wrong in the first place:
https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-is-still-fighting-a-10-year-old-euro106-billion-antitrust-fine-for-cpu-rebates/
What sales, they hardly had any stock available. I've been trying since the release to get my hands on a Ryzen 5900x and they're sold out everywhere. I'm trying to get on a waiting list for it now, fingers crossed that they can deliver before the new year.