Supplies might pick up before Christmas (maybe)...

In a brief interview, Dave Baumann, 5800-series Product Manager, talks of it's HD5000 shortage problems, admitting the blame lies squarely with TSMC. But perhaps things are about to change?

So, wrapping up. As of the last week of November, AMD is promising to step up shipments by a factor of 10, something we'd heard before. From thousands to tens of thousands of chips going out to the partners so they can get them to stores on time for that most pagan of rituals, Christmas. AMD doesn't think it'll miss out on the season.