AMD says the re-release of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was 'like a final gift to our loyal [AM4] users' and it was CEO Dr. Lisa Su who first came up with the idea

It timed itself rather nicely with the deepening memory crisis, too. I was genuinely surprised by the re-release of the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D earlier this year. A chip I thought long dead was back in 10th Anniversary form, after a resurrection process AMD's David McAfee described as "very hard, actually" to our Dave at Computex 2026.Now AMD's Travis Kirsch has spoken to Japanese outlet Tech+ about more of the thinking behind the re-release, and it seems the idea started at the very top. "Originally, several years ago, I believe Lisa [Su, AMD CEO] was one of the people who suggested reviving the Ryzen 7 5800X3D.""It was like a final gift to our loyal users who had used our AM4 for almost 10 yea