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Amd reaffirms that the am4 socket will be used until 2020

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When AMD released its first Ryzen series processors in 2017, the company promised to continue developing its new AM4 platform, promising support until 2020.

AMD secures AM4 support for two more years

With the launch of its 2nd generation Ryzen processors, all those motherboards compatible with the AMD 300 series have no problem to host these processors (With BIOS update through) . AMD appears to be delivering on this promise, as the first AM4 motherboards are already compatible with all Zen series CPUs; Bristol Ridge (Excavator APU), Summit Ridge (Ryzen 1st Gen), Raven Ridge (Ryzen + Vega APU), and Pinnacle Ridge (Ryzen 2nd Gen).

This confirms that the next Ryzen 3000 series processors will also be compatible with the first AM4 motherboards of 2017, these already belonging to the Zen 2 generation. Ryzen 3000 CPUs will come out in 2019 and would be manufactured in 7nm, what would be a qualitative jump if we compare it with the 12 nm of the Ryzen 2000.

After 2020 we enter the territory of PCIe 4.0 and DDR5 memory, making additional support for AM4 unsustainable. Still, AMD is configured to be compatible for longer than any Intel socket, which tends to be compatible with only two processor families. This Intel strategy is a clear disadvantage for consumers, who are forced to spend money not only on a new CPU, but also on a new motherboard.

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