US EditionAMD Releases Statement on Chuwi's Ryzen Processor Mislabeling Scandal
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AMD claims it had no knowledge of fake Ryzen 5 7430U CPUs in Chuwi laptops — Chinese vendor announces recall of products and refunds, PCB manufacturer could be culprit
AMD has responded to the Chuwi scandal involving mislabeled Ryzen 5 7430U-equipped laptops. The CPU maker claims it had no knowledge of the issue, and warns that it does not condone mislabelling CPUs in any way.
The case had already made some noise in recent days, and AMD has now reacted officially. The manufacturer has issued a statement in China concerning the scandal around some CHUWI portable PCs, sold with a processor different from the one announced. As a reminder, as we already explained in our previous news, several CoreBook models were presented with a Ryzen 5 7430U. A relatively new Zen 3 processor, adapted to versatile machines. Except that i…
AMD Releases Statement on Chuwi's Ryzen Processor Mislabeling Scandal
AMD today released a statement in China on the scandal involving Chinese notebook OEM Chuwi mislabeling Ryzen 5000 series mobile processor models as Ryzen 7000 series. You can read all about the scandal in our older article, but to summarize, the company was found selling notebooks with cheap Zen 2 Ryzen 5 5500U processors with the processor name strings modified in the BIOS to falsely show Ryzen 5 7430U, a Zen 3 chip released almost three years…
The high-profile incident of counterfeit processors in Chuwi laptops continues to gain momentum, spreading beyond just one brand. Evidence has emerged that Ninkear is also involved in similar manipulations: a number of devices are actually equipped with a Ryzen 5 5500U chip instead of the advertised Ryzen 5 7430U. Specifically, a ComputerBase user under the pseudonym "Kdr" published screenshots confirming the presence of a counterfeit processor.…
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