So
Tweaktown reported today that Fury X will only see 30K units for 2015. My personal opinion is that, with a new technology like HBM, low volume due to various issues is exactly the kind of thing you'd expect. Especially when there are so many partners involved. Whether that's true or not, we'll probably never know, because it's impossible to judge whether a lack of retail availability is due high demand or low supply.
But luckily, ExtremeTech came to the rescue to at least put
some HBM related rumors to rest:
So there we have it: when a component has been published in a databook, that's sufficient proof to debunk claims that said component has been sold for that long, that yields are great, and that cost is fine.
Components get put in databooks to prod potential customers into using them in a future design. This needs to happen as early as possible so that designs can be ready as soon as the component is ready for mass production. The typical time to announce a component when first silicon has just come back from the fab and has shown early signs of life. That doesn't mean you will be able to get your hands on it (early samples are reserved to a select few), it doesn't mean yields are great, it doesn't even mean that all functionality will be there, it definitely doesn't mean that costs will fine.
Dear ExtremeTech editor, can you please refrain from spreading this kind of nonsense?