Any way to tell which Fab a Ryzen came from?

[TemjinGold]

Just got my 1800x and mobo (excited but no cooler yet). Noticed cpu says "Made in Malaysia." Would that give a hint as to whether this is GloFo, Samsung, etc? Just curious...

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

According to wiki, none of the major players have a fab in Malaysia. I'm pretty sure they do the assembly/final manufacturing of the CPUs in Malaysia but the actual silicon is fabbed elsewhere.

Short answer, no.

Maybe if somebody figures out what steppings/binnings come from what fabs, we might be able to figure it out but I don't think we know yet.

Edit: This seems to imply they're from GloFo.

 

[Crono]

My 1700X says made in China.

EDIT: Diffused in USA, Made in China

 

[The Stilt]

Take a better look.

All of them say "Diffused in USA, Made in China" or "Diffused in USA, Made in Malaysia".

"Made in" simply refers to the location where the final assembly was done.
Older AMD CPUs were diffused in Germany and assembled either in Malaysia or China.

Both GlobalFoundries and Samsung have fabs in US, so even if the actual silicon was sourced from both of them it is impossible for the end-user to tell which one.
If the silicon is infact manufactured by both of them, only the ones with access to the production database could tell the difference.

 

[TemjinGold]

Ahh well, thanks for the info guys.

 

[Dresdenboy]

Take a better look.

All of them say "Diffused in USA, Made in China" or "Diffused in USA, Made in Malaysia".

"Made in" simply refers to the location where the final assembly was done.
Older AMD CPUs were diffused in Germany and assembled either in Malaysia or China.

Both GlobalFoundries and Samsung have fabs in US, so even if the actual silicon was sourced from both of them it is impossible for the end-user to tell which one.
If the silicon is infact manufactured by both of them, only the ones with access to the production database could tell the difference.

Is there a chance to find such info in the data matrix code?

 

[The Stilt]

Is there a chance to find such info in the data matrix code?

No. The matrix code contains the same information as the heatspreader plain text.

 

[dark zero]

Ok.. they told the country, but which fab?

My coins that they are from GloFo but with Samsung help.

 

[unseenmorbidity]

100% of Ryzen CPUs are produced at GloFo's FAB 8

 

[Doom2pro]

Smell them, if they smell like horses they were made at Fab 8

(used to work at Saratoga Race Track).

 

[Doom2pro]

No. The matrix code contains the same information as the heatspreader plain text.

You can read the Matrix Code?

 

[Crono]

Smell them, if they smell like horses they were made at Fab 8

(used to work at Saratoga Race Track).

The Fishkill fab (fab 10) is about 45 minutes north of me. I'm tempted to drive up there and see if I can catch a whiff of freshly baked chips in the morning.

 

[Doom2pro]

The Fishkill fab (fab 10) is about 45 minutes north of me. I'm tempted to drive up there and see if I can catch a whiff of freshly baked chips in the morning.

There is a slight irony to Fab 8 being near Saratoga, the birthplace of the Potato Chip