Long life for the new AM5 bracket • HWzone

AM4’s long and successful journey is coming to an end – but the chip developer states that its replacement is also intended to serve us for as long as possible, along with backward compatibility with existing heat sinks.

At CES 2022 we received official confirmation from AMD that the first Zen 4 processors will arrive in the second half of this year, based on a new AM5 chassis that will begin the process of parting from the AM4 chassis, which despite the various challenges has accompanied us successfully since 2016 – two years longer than promised. The original AMD itself will continue to support support until at least 2020.

On several occasions during the show, the chip developer’s staff addressed questions and confirmed to us that the stated plan is to make the new AM5 bracket more durable, at least like the AM4 – which means that starting from the generation expected to be named Ryzen 7000 can hope for four or more generations of processors Which will continue to be based on the same physical chassis, which also switched to using LGA technology as a replacement for PGA technology, similar to Intel’s desktop chassis and similar to AMD’s sTRX4 chassis for its HEDT processors.

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Hopefully this time AMD’s motherboards will have the cache volume needed to support all possible processor configurations – so consumers who purchase the first AM5 boards later this year, with the introduction of PCI-Express 5.0 and DDR5 technologies in the game, will continue to enjoy them Even with the RYZEN 9000 and RYZEN 10000 processors (assuming there will be no change in branding by then) in a few years, there is no obligation to purchase a new board along with the processing unit itself.

AMD explained that the unique shape of the heat dissipation surface in the first Zen 4 processors (codenamed Raphael) was not an ornament, but was intended to allow a reduction in the overall dimensions of the printed circuit boards for the processors by introducing previously non-protected electrical components under the IHS

Meanwhile, AMD representatives also stated that at least some of the cooling units adapted for operation today with AM4 mounts are expected to maintain compatibility with boards with AM5 mounts as well – which is another possible positive line for consumers who have invested in water cooling or quality air cooling in the past. Their next if they want to, without having to spend hundreds of extra shekels along with the processor, motherboard and maybe even the memories.

The transition to LGA is also considered blessed by many – so the thousands of pins required for the interface between the processor and the motherboard are not on the processor body but in a more restricted and protected area on the board itself, while reducing the chances of warping or damaging the product.