AMD reveals its B550 series chipset - PCIe 4.0 for everyone

AMD! AMD! AMD! :rock:

Why do they embargoe certain information though? Information that will later become public anyway and something that isn't that highly secretive really? I mean, come on, it's about a motherboard chipset.
 
AMD! AMD! AMD! :rock:

Why do they embargoe certain information though? Information that will later become public anyway and something that isn't that highly secretive really? I mean, come on, it's about a motherboard chipset.

All will be revealed later. I just can't say everything right now.
 
All will be revealed later. I just can't say everything right now.


Exactly my point. Why does AMD even embargo certain information, which will be revealed eventually? Seems a bit odd, especially since I bet that the information isn't that "classified", if you want to put it that way.

I've personally never really understood the purpose/reasoning behind companies putting embargos on information regarding certain things, such as motherboard chipset.
 
Exactly my point. Why does AMD even embargo certain information, which will be revealed eventually? Seems a bit odd, especially since I bet that the information isn't that "classified", if you want to put it that way.

I've personally never really understood the purpose/reasoning behind companies putting embargos on information regarding certain things, such as motherboard chipset.

Because that is how an NDA works. You sign away your soul, and agree to keep schtum.
 
Exactly my point. Why does AMD even embargo certain information, which will be revealed eventually? Seems a bit odd, especially since I bet that the information isn't that "classified", if you want to put it that way.

I've personally never really understood the purpose/reasoning behind companies putting embargos on information regarding certain things, such as motherboard chipset.

Because that is how an NDA works. You sign away your soul, and agree to keep schtum.

I can't say anything right now, but the information is important. The gist of everything B550 was announced today, but more detailed information will have to wait.

NDAs are the price that needs to be paid to get official access and 100% verified info. TBH, I think most of the extra info should have released today, but you can expect a full rundown when the time comes.

All I can say is that nothing that AMD has announced undercuts anything announced today.
 
Exactly my point. Why does AMD even embargo certain information, which will be revealed eventually? Seems a bit odd, especially since I bet that the information isn't that "classified", if you want to put it that way.

I've personally never really understood the purpose/reasoning behind companies putting embargos on information regarding certain things, such as motherboard chipset.


NDA's also serve a pupose in that all the media will be held to it and everyone get's the same release window so that all the media outlets are in the same fair game with information, otherwise thing's will rapidly get out of hand and people abuse the information and lots of people who have a passion for this sort of thing would not be able to do their jobs, which would suck badly.
 
NDA's also serve a pupose in that all the media will be held to it and everyone get's the same release window so that all the media outlets are in the same fair game with information, otherwise thing's will rapidly get out of hand and people abuse the information and lots of people who have a passion for this sort of thing would not be able to do their jobs, which would suck badly.

Exactly. The US often gets briefings before the UK and other regions, so it would become chaotic, to say the very least.

These embargoes are to promote fairness. Everyone has the same information, and that information gets released at the same time for everyone. If this wasn't the case, rushed reviews would get all of the early reviews and hard work would not get the recognition it deserves.
 
NDA's also serve a pupose in that all the media will be held to it and everyone get's the same release window so that all the media outlets are in the same fair game with information, otherwise thing's will rapidly get out of hand and people abuse the information and lots of people who have a passion for this sort of thing would not be able to do their jobs, which would suck badly.

Exactly. The US often gets briefings before the UK and other regions, so it would become chaotic, to say the very least.

These embargoes are to promote fairness. Everyone has the same information, and that information gets released at the same time for everyone. If this wasn't the case, rushed reviews would get all of the early reviews and hard work would not get the recognition it deserves.

That’s fair enough :)
 
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