The math and engineering behind dam construction are well understood but actually getting them built in practice is a years long story of yak shaving, cat herding, and trying to overcome every little piece of BS nature has to throw at the project. Unique and predictable geological conditions, unknown underground water sources, unexpected soil composition changes, surprise fault lines. Then there's the logistical nightmare of actually moving all the equipment in and earth out, the weather and environmental factors that impede every action, humans ignoring safety altogether, and so on and on. All of this implemented by workers on the ground who just barely know what's going on (for no fault of their own).
I'm continually surprised that anything complicated ever gets built at all.
People routinely clown on companies for downtime but do not celebrate sending multiple MB pictures and videos over cell networks in remote locations from a super computer in their pocket.
Even 95% reliability is relatively good for networks working across the globe relative to what we've had through most of history.
The average person easily plays into the trope that no one appreciates IT when it works, but readily has opinions when there are problems.
Processors are known for their reliability. Everything else will break first in a computer
AMD, Apple, and Qualcomm are TSMC customers.
The choice of voltage scaling is not.
If it's a Zeiss lens imperfection, a broken ASML machine, water or silicon impurity, etc, what matters to the customer is the final product you're buying.
We appreciate the excitement around Ryzen 9000 series processors. During final checks, we found the initial production units that were shipped to our channel partners did not meet our full quality expectations. Out of an abundance of caution and to maintain the highest quality experiences for every Ryzen user, we are working with our channel partners to replace the initial production units with fresh units.
As a result, there will be a short delay in retail availability. The Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X processors will now go on sale on August 8th and the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X processors will go on sale on August 15th. We pride ourselves in providing a high-quality experience for every Ryzen user, and we look forward to our fans having a great experience with the new Ryzen 9000 series.
Jack Huynh, AMD SVP and GM of Computing and Graphics
Intel's been a disgrace, and that's why these chips suck. Imagine having all of the money and hiring everyone in sight and pulling all sorts of self-serving, dirty tricks industry-wide yet still letting an underdog on the verge of bankruptcy (AMD) beat you to 7 nm and eat your lunch.