Zen 2 laptop cpus from amd to arrive in early 2020

A report from the folks at Wccftech states that laptop CPUs based on AMD's Zen 2 architecture won't ship until the first quarter of 2020.

The first laptops with 7nm AMD Zen 2 chips won't be ready until the first quarter of 2020

The source comments that the launch roadmap is unconfirmed, but that it makes sense, as AMD has just 'refreshed' its line of 12nm Ryzen APUs at CES. The performance per dollar of 7nm laptop processors is supposedly "very competitive" compared to Intel's current range of processors, but its 10nm CPUs should hit shelves in 2019 as well. Also, Acer, Asus and HP are the only original equipment manufacturers that the source claims will use AMD's 7nm chips, while Tongfang, Clevo and MSI are said to be having no launch-ready laptops with these chips.

Why does AMD not take off in the notebook market?

The reason seems to be simple, both NVIDIA and Intel offer free technical and marketing support and availability guarantees to most laptop manufacturers, thanks to a good relationship, which translates into significant cost savings and quality control. AMD does not have the financial capacity to provide this level of support to everyone, except with a few select brands such as Acer, ASUS, and HP, and is unable to provide relevant warranties, which it has done to Clevo, Tongfang, and MSI. Don't risk getting 7nm AMD right now.

Hopefully this situation changes in the future, to have a greater variety of notebooks in the future, and also more 'variety' of prices.

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