Update: AMD confirmed to PC Gamer that recent rumors regarding Zen 3 delays are false.

Here is the full response we got from Robert Hallock, Senior Technical Marketing Manager at AMD:

"You may have seen reports that Zen 3 has been delayed until 2021. That is not true. I categorically deny such rumors and Zen 3 is well on its way to 2020 as planned."

According to the original DigiTimes report, AMD, Nvidia, and Intel are reportedly holding their cards close to their chests regarding the upcoming release schedule, and even the manufacturers most closely involved in the process are keeping it secret. Perhaps that is why third-party information that the AMD Ryzen 4000 processor will not be released this year should not be taken for granted.

Yes, it's that time again when the next generation of Red Team chips, the AMD Ryzen 4000 CPU, will allegedly be delayed until after 2020, according to a recent DigiTimes report (translated by chiakokhua on Twitter) from a motherboard manufacturer. According to sources, existing Ryzen chips are still selling very well, so AMD will extend the life cycle and instead aim to release Ryzen 4000 chips at CES 2021 next January.

However, a delay for these reasons seems unlikely. Not only has the company repeatedly reiterated its position on Zen 3, but it has also made it clear that the ongoing coronavirus crisis will have little impact on its supply chain. It is unlikely that it will intentionally change that position 180 degrees. Needless to say, betting product launches on a major trade show in January of next year being held without disruption seems short-sighted given the current climate. [AMD Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Devinder Kumar said just two weeks ago, "We plan to launch our next-generation Zen 3 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU in the second half of 2020, and based on the strength of our product portfolio and the markets we serve Based on the strength of our product portfolio and the diversity of the markets we serve, we believe we can continue to deliver strong revenue growth and margin expansion in 2020" (via Seeking Alpha).

Or how about this almost identical line from AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su at the end of May: "We plan to launch our next generation Zen 3 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU in the second half of 2020, and based on the strength of our product portfolio and the diversity of the markets we serve, we believe we can deliver another year of strong revenue growth and profitable expansion. Based on this, we believe we can deliver another year of strong revenue growth and margin expansion."

Indeed, there is no specific mention of Ryzen 4000, only Zen 3, the same architecture that will be in the Milan EPYC server chips by the end of this year. We do not, however, expect this semantic technicality to plague PC builders in Q4.

As for the rest of the DigiTimes report, it suggests that AMD "XT" branded Zen 2 desktop processors will arrive on July 7, exactly one year after the launch of the Ryzen 3000 chips. This "Matisse Refresh" has been corroborated elsewhere, but has not yet been officially confirmed; all other details mentioned in this report, such as those concerning the release date of the Nvidia Ampere GeForce GPUs, remain highly speculative