AMD promises AM5 socket life support through to 2027 and beyond

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At Computex 2024, AMD announced its new Ryzen 9000 series of processors, all sporting the Zen 5 architecture. This is the second generation of CPUs that use the AM5 socket and one thing is clear: It's far from being the last to do so. In fact, AM5 will see new Ryzen models all the way through to 2027 and beyond, confirming AMD's commitment to socket longevity..

That's because AMD reaffirmed its commitment to using the same sockets for many years by announcing that AM5 will continue to see new Ryzen processors for another three years, to 2027, and beyond. If one assumes that AMD can release a new series of CPUs every 20 months or so, then you're looking at another two generations of Ryzen, possibly three. Putting them all together, that would make the AM5 home to a total of four or five generations of processors.—well, as far as Ryzen chips are concerned. The first processors to use that socket were some old A-series APUs and the last Athlon X4 models.

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