AMD desea programar el lanzamiento de la plataforma AM5 con disponibilidad de DDR5
Con los problemas actuales que están experimentando los fabricantes de módulos DRAM, with both staff issues related to the pandemic and the PMIC shortage some are having, the question is how long it’ll take until there’s a steady supply of DDR5 modules in the market, at a reasonable price point. We obviously don’t know what kind of DRAM speeds AMD is aiming for either, although it’s unlikely that the company is looking at something faster than JEDEC spec at this point in time, even though we expect faster speeds will also be supported. Outside of the US, it seems like a cheap stick of 8 GB of DDR5 memory is going for around the US$100 mark (€89) or roughly four times that of a similar DDR4 stick. Crucial in the US is offering a single 8 GB stick for US$68, with a 16 GB stick costing the same as a pair of 8 GB sticks, US$137. This is unlikely to be the kind of price point AMD is hoping for and most DDR5 memory modules are a lot more expensive.
McAfee continues “And so there may be other forces beyond the product itself that slow down or meter the introduction of APUs into that AM5 socket. You know, we do expect that to be an enthusiast-first introduction. And I think we’re going to have to watch very carefully just how the DDR5 transition takes place and how quickly both supply and prices come in line to make it more affordable for a mainstream consumer that might be more interested in making a product in that socket.” Although APUs are expected to gain more from the increased memory performance of DDR5 than CPUs, debido a que la GPU integrada obtiene más ancho de banda en comparación con la memoria DDR4, parece que tardarán más en aparecer que en el pasado de AMD, si el precio y la disponibilidad de DDR5 no son correctos.
Sin embargo, a diferencia de Alder Lake de Intel, no parece que la plataforma AM5 de AMD tenga una opción para usar memoria DDR4, que podría ser el talón de Aquiles de la plataforma en su conjunto. Likewise, el Ryzen 6000 serie de APU móviles también podría terminar sufriendo, aunque AMD afirma que sus socios son “bien posicionado” cuando se trata de suministro de DDR5 y LPDDR5 para productos móviles. El tiempo dirá cómo se desarrollan las cosas, pero parece que AMD podría haberse arrinconado, si la oferta y los precios no mejoran en los próximos seis a 12 meses.