A very risky bet, if confirmed, is the one that AMD could make with its future Ryzen 7000 in terms of RAM. And that’s right, according to Publish Tom’s hardwarethose of Santa Clara could make an unprecedented decision, namely to take advantage of the generation leap, socket and chipset that will come from the hands of the Ryzen 7000 series to Bet everything on performance, so only DDR5 RAM can be used.

In this regard, we must bear in mind that this possibility was raised before it was launched, that Intel took the same step with Alder Lake. However, in a decision that seems quite reasonable over time, the semiconductor giant opted for a more conservative position and supported both DDR4 and DDR5. And just at that time, in the last months of 2021, the availability of DDR5 memory was very limited and its prices were unbearable.

AMD would have already started production of the Ryzen 7000 series chips and, to our surprise, would we expect your arrival between the end of August and sometime in October (much, much later), about a year after the arrival of Alder Lake. So the big question is whether the situation has changed so much in these months and whether it will change in those that separate us from the arrival of the new generation of AMD processors. And the answer is not simple.

ANDn In terms of accessibility, it is true that it has developed positively. It is now relatively easy to find DDR5 memory in the retail market. Supply has grown significantly and there is no reason to think that this will change by autumn, on the contrary, we can understand that supply will continue to grow. In this regard, it should not be a problem for anyone to find memory to build a system around the Ryzen 7000 chip.

But when we talk about price, the situation is very different. Prices in April 2022 are undoubtedly lower than we could see in September and October 2021, but even so, their costs are still much higher than with DDR4 memory modules. So the question, of course, is what will happen in this regard in the coming months. Their prices can be expected to fall further, yes, but at what pace? What will be its price when the Ryzen 7000 from AMD is launched?

At this point, it is important to note that Intel would also take steps to promote the mass adoption of DDR5 with Raptor LakeThe thirteenth generation Intel Core, which we hope should debut the market at more or less the same time as the Ryzen 7000, although in this case, compatibility with DDR4 seems to be maintained, a position that would be more satisfactory for all parties.

In any case, both manufacturers are stepping on gas in this regard can be a good incentive to speed up production and reduce DDR5 memory prices. Will it give time for the price drop to be something really noticeable? This is a big question and at the same time a big challenge that the Ryzen 7000 series may face if it is finally confirmed that it will not support DDR4.

The X670 chipset for the Ryzen 7000 could use two chips

In another line of news related to the future Ryzen 7000 and according to the same source, AMD would transfer its experience with the chiplet format of its CPUs and GPUs to the motherboard chipset for its processors and, in the case of the X670, the top of the line for future generations, AMD could choose dual integrated design. With this new format, in which both chips would share the design, AMD would pretend to double input and output options in the highest performing systems for their future generation, perhaps even doubling the capacity of current systems.