AMD is showing every sign of supporting AM4 for the foreseeable future

Ahead-looking: AMD will hold supporting the platform till the price of producing older DDR4 reminiscence turns into costlier than that of DDR5, stated Donny Woligroski, AMD’s technical advertising supervisor. As for migrating to AM5, that is for individuals “who wish to tee up for the longer term.”

AMD’s AM4 consumer base can relaxation straightforward concerning any doubts in regards to the help the corporate will give to the platform. Not solely did it announce 4 extra AM4 processors at CES this 12 months – the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, Ryzen 7 5700, Ryzen 5 5600GT, and Ryzen 5 5500GT – however AMD’s Donny Woligroski flat out advised PCWorld that the corporate would proceed to help the platform in the meanwhile, or a minimum of till the price of producing the older DDR4 reminiscence turns into higher than that of DDR5.

However does not the corporate need individuals to improve to AM5? Most actually, however Woligroski made it clear that AM5 is for these with an eye fixed on the longer term.

It has been over a 12 months for the reason that launch of Ryzen 7000 processors and the primary AM5 motherboards – ample time for customers to determine whether or not to improve or follow AM4. Whereas AM5 boasts the newest reminiscence and PCIe requirements, there are compelling causes to stay with AM4. That now contains the continuing help offered by the corporate.

These causes vary from the problem of transferring to a complete new socket structure and the extra {hardware} you would need to purchase to help 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 honest, many of those points have been resolved as AM5 received its sea legs. For example, when AM5 first launched, the connection with its AGESA microcode and the DDR5 reminiscence commonplace may very well 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. Based on reviews from AM5 customers and overclockers that obtained the replace, the brand new firmware considerably elevated AM5’s general DDR5 compatibility and help.

AMD plans to help AM5 for the subsequent couple of years a minimum of, in accordance with an interview company VP and GM of the shopper channel enterprise, David Mcafee, had with Overclockers UK. In truth, he stated AMD believes the longevity of the AM4 platform was one of many largest components behind Ryzen’s success and that AMD will think twice about transferring to a next-gen socket. They wish to keep on AM5 for so long as doable, he stated.

“We’re firmly dedicated to 2025 and past and we’ll see how lengthy that promise lasts past 2025,” the manager added.