In the first generation of Ryzen processors, there were models like the Ryzen 3 1200 with four processing cores without integrated graphics, with the transition to 12nm production technology, the company was the Ryzen 3 2300X processor, but in the future, AMD focused all efforts on promoting Ryzen models in this price segment 3 with integrated graphics. This decision can be explained by a combination of reasons, and some of them are given on the pages of the site .
Let's start with the fact that 14nm Ryzen processors entered the market at a time when they did not have adequate "understudies" in the middle and lower price segment. While the first-generation hybrid Ryzen with integrated graphics were preparing for release, the defense was held by the younger versions of Ryzen 3 without graphics. Since Socket AM4 is currently capable of accepting three different generations of Ryzen processors, albeit with reservations, AMD needs to somehow separate them into market segments. New processors are sold at higher prices, old ones are falling in price at a steady pace. AMD is forced to support the release of 14nm processors, since it undertook to guarantee their supply in the PRO series for corporate clients. Along the way, a sufficient supply of "retail" modifications of 14-nm processors can be provided. They can be sold at low prices in emerging economies.
On the other hand, the volume of orders for the production of 14-nm AMD processors is steadily decreasing. In the 12nm processor family, Ryzen 3 models are dominated by versions with integrated graphics. The latter provides an acceptable level of performance and reduces the overall cost of purchasing a system for users who do not have high performance requirements. It is appropriate to recall that Intel is considered the largest supplier of graphics solutions in the world precisely because of the prevalence of its processors with integrated graphics. AMD is also moving along this path at a steady pace, using lithographic technologies for the production of hybrid processors that have reached a certain degree of maturity, which ensures an acceptable cost.
Of course, over time, AMD will switch to the release of hybrid processors using 7nm technology, and there is already official confirmation that this will happen in the mobile segment in the next half of the year. However, AMD will not dare to release 7nm processors in the Ryzen 3 series without integrated AMD graphics, since more mature hybrid models cope with the market saturation function in this price segment. Selling quad-core 7nm processors without integrated graphics in the face of a shortage of TSMC's core manufacturing capacity would be wasteful, among other things. The position of the brand in this segment is still successfully defended by 12-nm Picasso processors with integrated graphics.
Source: 3dnews.ru