Gigabyte has confirmed a new line of processors from AMD

Gigabyte confirmed the addition of support for AMD’s next-generation processors, but also specifically called them “AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors.” According to AMD, when the AM5 platform is presented, Ryzen 9000 processors will support all currently available motherboards on the AM5 socket. To do this, it is enough to update to the latest BIOS version, otherwise there will be no compatibility issues.

While MSI, Asus and now Gigabyte have laid the groundwork for Ryzen 9000 processors, AMD itself hasn’t said much about the series’ processors until now. At the beginning of the year, there were rumors that Ryzen 9000 processors would be released this year, which AMD later confirmed in its quarterly results. This led to speculation that the processors would arrive in the second half of 2024, but recent BIOS updates from several motherboard manufacturers indicate that the release could happen sooner.

Most likely, a full announcement will take place at Computex 2024, the exhibition will be held in Taiwan from June 4 to 7. AMD will speak at the opening of the event, announcing key features of the Zen 5 line. Although this is just an assumption and it is difficult to believe that Ryzen 9000 processors will appear on the market in some form. few months, but three major motherboard manufacturers are already ready for their release.

According to experts, the flagship chip will contain 16 Zen 5 cores, the same number of cores was on the last few generations of Ryzen processors, so that makes sense. Like the Ryzen 7000 chips, AMD is believed to be using chiplets for the processors, likely splitting the 16-core design into two eight-core chiplets.

Presumably a standard set of options will be presented: Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and so on. AMD has confirmed that it will eventually release Zen 5 processors with impressive 3D V-Cache technology, but these will likely arrive much later this year or even early next year.