Written by Metal Messiah
According to a leaked slide and report posted by MyDrivers, it looks like AMD will support the next-gen PCI-Express Gen 5.0 standard and DDR5 by 2022.
AMD will have support for this standard with their upcoming next-gen “ZEN4” micro architecture, which will become available by 2022, if everything goes well as per the internal Roadmap. But INTEL would be the first to market the DDR5 standard with their “Sapphire Rapids” Xeon processor lineup, hopefully.
DDR5 standard has yet to arrive on a consumer level, but we can expect DDR4 devices to become mainstream by end of this year. Expect many DDR4 compatible devices for the consumer Gaming segment as well, Motherboards, GPUs, SSDs. AMD’s upcoming “ZEN 3” micro-architecture, which is scheduled for 2020, with a market presence in 2021, is expected to stick with DDR4, LPDDR4x, and the PCI-Express gen 4.0 standards.
So by 2022 GEN 5.0 should hopefully enter the mainstream market. DDR5 will replace the 5-year old DDR4 memory standard. AMD will target DDR5 by 2022, along with support for USB 4.0 standard. Make a note that PCI-Express is backwards-compatible, which means if you have a PCIe 4.0 graphics card you can use it on a motherboard designed for the PCIe 3.0 interface; however, the card’s available bandwidth would be limited to the capabilities of PCIe 3.0.
Similarly, a PCIe 3.0 card will fit in a PCIe 4.0 slot, but again it is going to be bandwidth limited by PCIe 3.0. AMD will transition to DDR5 by 2022 with ZEN 4, bringing with it a host of devices for the consumer as well as enterprise market. ZEN 4 CPUs are not the only ones to get support for DDR5, as Laptop chips with LPDDR4x and ZEN 3+ APUs will also have support for this standard.
Leading DRAM manufacturer such as SK HYNIX has already hinted for a mass production of the next-generation DDR5 memory by 2020. DDR5 memory speeds can reach speeds up to 8400Mbps (8400MHz), and a single DIMM can support 128GB, while consuming less power.
Besides there being a generational bandwidth doubling with PCI-E GEN 5.0, the standard is expected to introduce several new features that will help with the enterprise and consumer segment, benefiting compute and scalable processors, such as AMD’s CDNA2. INTEL has already introduced some of these features with its proprietary CXL interconnect. When it comes to USB4, it is actually just a variant of Thunderbolt 3, with speed of 40Gbps.
DDR5 will also enable data-rates ranging from 3200 to 8400 MHz, and densities such as a single-rank 32 GB UDIMM, and a new physical layer feature such as “same-bank refresh“. Expect an increase of bandwidth when compared to the upcoming DDR4.0 standard.
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3rd paragraph, DDR4 should be DDR5.
Yup, sorry for the Typo. lol
So man …. has DSOG finally integrated you into their team or not? you have collaborated for years as a “simple” user …. now I have noticed that are published articles written directly by you…. and that is what I always believed was right, because you have always made a great contribution to this site .. .which probably, without your interventions, would have even closed! So, do you work with them in all respects, if I can ask? Sorry for my bad english,I’m from Italy.
Hello,
No, I do not work for DSOG. This is a user submitted article, and I also don’t get paid for this. Its a freelancer job, sort of.
why don’t you start your own youtube channel or something?
btw any music you want me to check out?
Hi, which MUSIC genre do you actually listen to ?
everything that this dude makes: youtubedotcom/channel/UC_PF34-Ff7Qu_4xy3N2XgIw
I like good music not matter the genre, kind of tilted toward thrash when it comes to metal.
You mean “BROTHER DEGE” ?
I’m not sure which Thrash Metal bands I can recommend, since there are 1000s of artists, lol.
Also, we can’t provide YT links here on DSOG, since it needs an approval from the mod/admin, which kind of sucks pretty bad.
You should listen to old-school songs from these bands: Exodus, Annihilator, Testament, Slayer, Sepultura, Pantera, Overkill, Necrodeth, Kreator, Sodom, Tankard, and Annihilator, just to name a few.
Listen to this old school thrash song from KREATOR…
youtubedotcom/watch?v=fw8VNA2e2Ro
If you want to listen to some Hard melodic Rock/Glam metal, then listen to SKID ROW.
http://www.youtubedotcom/watch?v=Ghd2bkIadG4
I will recommend more bands later on…My internet connection is bugging me out right now.
thanks, appreciate it.
Ah! too bad man! you are a fundamental pillar for this site, you know it?
Oh yeah, sorry for the typo error.
With an i9-9900k and a brand new board, I’ll not upgrade until DDR5. If I had anything older than an 6th gen Intel (or equivalent) I would definitely upgrade between now and then if you’re wanting to. I happen to be one of those that got DDR2 right before DDR3 and DDR3 right before DDR4. Smaller returns and all, but still.
Still have PCI E 2 lol. I’m will wait a bit longer to upgrade. Still getting 60+ fps in most games.
finallly lower voltage ….thats good means a lot lower CPU temps
the real question is: Can it run Crysis on max settings?
Damn, so Zen 4 won’t release next year?
Zen 4 is suppose to maintain PCIe 4.0 support, so it will take awhile for PCIe 5.0 to become “mainstream.”
Good!!