Arr matey, word be spreadin' of AMD's Zen 5 CPUs on th' horizon, with Ryzen 9000 chips awaitin' to plunder!
2024-04-25
Arrr mateys, 'tis a good sign that we may lay our hands on the Ryzen 9000 processors come early Q3, mayhaps in the month of July. Prepare yer crew for a plunderin' of the high seas of technology! Aye, we be sailin' towards a bountiful treasure!
All the major motherboard makers have now introduced support for AMD’s next-gen desktop CPUs with their latest BIOS releases, and another vendor has specifically mentioned that these chips will be the Ryzen 9000 series. If you recall, Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI have already issued new BIOSes that come with support for these inbound Zen 5 processors, and now ASRock and Biostar have joined the club in laying the groundwork for what should be Ryzen 9000.ASRock also calls the incoming CPUs ‘Ryzen 9000’ in the release notes, just as Gigabyte did earlier this week. So, that’s the second time the family name has been let slip, and if the first was a mistake, it seems unlikely that errant lightning would strike twice. So, at this point, it seems all but confirmed that the next-gen chips built on AMD’s Zen 5 architecture will be Ryzen 9000, although that always seemed the most likely bet.What also seems pretty clear is that the rumors about Ryzen 9000 coming close to launch must surely be on the money, as we now have five motherboard makers who have introduced initial support for these Zen 5 CPUs (in beta, mostly, at this stage). Typically, that only happens when a launch is nearing – if it was still a long way off, there’d be no need to bother bringing support in, of course.To underline this, the press release from Biostar announcing its new BIOS – which isn’t out quite yet, but will be available for download “soon” – states that: “This update is aimed at the imminent release of AMD’s next-generation CPUs, ensuring that Biostar motherboards are primed to unleash the full potential of these cutting-edge processors.”All signs point to a Q3 launch now – perhaps even July – and that’ll be trouble for Intel, which is rumored to be struggling somewhat to get its rival next-gen CPUs, Arrow Lake, out before the end of the year.Via Wccftech
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