Ahead-looking: AMD will preserve supporting the AM4 platform till the price of producing older DDR4 reminiscence turns into dearer than that of DDR5, mentioned Donny Woligroski, AMD’s technical advertising and marketing supervisor. As for migrating to AM5, that is for individuals “who wish to tee up for the long run.”
AMD’s AM4 consumer base can relaxation simple concerning any doubts in regards to the assist the corporate will give to the platform. Not solely did it announce 4 extra AM4 processors at CES this yr – the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, Ryzen 7 5700, Ryzen 5 5600GT, and Ryzen 5 5500GT – however AMD’s Donny Woligroski flat out instructed PC World that the corporate would proceed to assist the platform in the intervening time, or a minimum of till the price of producing the older DDR4 reminiscence turns into higher than that of DDR5.
However would not the corporate need individuals to improve to AM5? Most actually, however Woligroski made it clear that AM5 is for these with a watch on the long run.
It has been over a yr because the launch of Ryzen 7000 processors and the primary AM5 motherboards – ample time for customers to determine whether or not to improve or stick to AM4. Whereas AM5 boasts the most recent reminiscence and PCIe requirements, there are compelling causes to stay with AM4. That now consists of the continued assist supplied by the corporate.
These causes vary from the issue of transferring to an entire new socket structure and the extra {hardware} you would need to purchase to assist AMD’s present platform, to the decrease bills related to AM4 and, a minimum of within the early days of AM5’s launch, sure reliability points.
To be truthful, many of those points have been resolved as AM5 received its sea legs. As an example, when AM5 first launched, the connection with its AGESA microcode and the DDR5 reminiscence commonplace might be finest described as rocky: there have been SOC voltage points and instability above particular frequencies, issues that prevented customers from pushing the boundaries of DDR5’s capabilities.
Then in July 2023, a number of AM5 motherboard producers started rolling out AMD’s new AGESA replace. In line with experiences from AM5 customers and overclockers that obtained the replace, the brand new firmware considerably elevated AM5’s general DDR5 compatibility and assist.
AMD plans to assist AM5 for the following couple of years a minimum of, in response to an interview company VP and GM of the shopper channel enterprise, David Mcafee, had with Overclockers UK. The truth is, he mentioned AMD believes the longevity of the AM4 platform was one of many largest components behind Ryzen’s success and that AMD will consider carefully about transferring to a next-gen socket. They wish to keep on AM5 for so long as doable, he mentioned.
“We’re firmly dedicated to 2025 and past and we are going to see how lengthy that promise lasts past 2025,” the chief added.