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Afaik Intel actually designed this Ericsson chip or so I was told.

It’s really 2 nodes with both 4 & 20A having limited libraries and being used as a sort of pilot program.

They were being worked on in parallel, not sequentially and have been in some sort of development (path finding, process refinement, etc) for probably 5 years at this point.

If you don't care about overclocking memory, then your best bet is to get a mid to high range board in the $300-400 range. Below are what I feel are solid options:

• Asus Z790 Strix E - $439.00, high end 4-DIMM w/18+1 90A power stages - Best overall BIOS & hardware IMO
• Asus Z790 Strix F - $369.00, midrange 4-DIMM w/16+1 90A power stages. Basically same as above with a slightly nerfed VRM & w/o PCIe5.0
• GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER - $449.00, high end 4-DIMM w/20+1 105A power stages - Best hardware
• GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS PRO - $389.00, midrange 4-DIMM w/18+1 90A(?) power stages - Solid hardware and the best aesthetics.

Disclaimer I own the Asus Z790 Strix-E and it's been great. I've had absolutely zero issues but if I could go back I would've bought the OG Z790 Apex or the Z790 Apex Encore since I'm not a huge fan of 4-DIMM motherboards.

Good for Samsung if this is true. With the news that mediatek is dual sourcing some components with IFS it seems like we may be on the way to diversifying our leading edge semiconductors.