HW News - AMD Delays 3950X w/ Threadripper, 7nm Supply Hurting, R5 3500X

AMD emailed us stating they're delaying the R9 3950X CPU to launch with Threadripper. Additionally, Corsair's iCUE software may hurt FPS.
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News items this show include:

- AMD delaying the Ryzen 9 3950X CPU from a September launch to a November launch
- Corsair's iCUE update is botching gaming performance
- AMD's Epyc 7742 CPU achieves records in 8K HEVC encoding
- TSMC's delivery times for 7nm have been pushed out from 2 months to 6 months
- ARM joins the CXL
- World of Tanks gets ray tracing with Intel
- Windows scheduler is targeting the wrong cores on AMD Ryzen
- Ryzen 5 3500X and 3500 CPUs rumored for launch

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Host: Steve Burke
Editorial: Eric Hamilton
Video: Andrew Coleman

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