Gigabyte Refutes Statement That Next-Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs Are Launching This Year, Says It Was A Mistake

Gigabyte has clarified that the statement they made earlier in a PR about next-gen AMD Ryzen CPUs launching this year was a mistake.

A few days ago, Gigabyte posted a press release about their newest 1U servers in which the vendor claimed that AMD will be launching the successor to its Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs later this year. It was the first time that any major brand mentioned AMD's next-gen Ryzen CPUs and while the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU family is far from complete, it definitely got us excited into thinking that a new line of chips was on the horizon.

However, just a few days after their PR went live, Gigabyte has provided a response to TechRadar where the company confirms that the statement was incorrect and a simple error in the choice of words. Following is Gigabyte's reply on the matter:

In an email, Gigabyte spokespeson Liam Quinn confirmed the wording was a mistake,  and that the company “do not know when the Ryzen 7000 successor will be released”, adding it will “make a comment on the press release to clarify but keep our original wording”.

via TechRadar

And for those who missed out on the previous article, the following is the original and the latest statement from Gigabyte themselves:

Support for Future Generations of Processors (Original)

Even though these new products are entry-level servers, CPU support does not end here and the AM5 platform is supported until at least 2025. The next generation of AMD Ryzen desktop processors that will come out later this year will also be supported on this AM5 platform, so customers who purchase these servers today have the opportunity to upgrade to the Ryzen 7000 series successor.

Support for Future Generations of Processors (Updated)

Even though these new products are entry-level servers, CPU support does not end here and the AM5 platform is supported until at least 2025. The next generation of AMD Ryzen desktop processors will also be supported on this AM5 platform, so customers who purchase these servers today have the opportunity to upgrade to the Ryzen 7000 series successor.

via Gigabyte

Gigabyte has removed the mention of the AMD Ryzen Desktop CPU successor coming out later this year to simply that it will be supported by their AM5 platform lineup. After Ryzen 7000, AMD will be launching its first products based on the Zen 5 core architecture codenamed Granite Rapids. These chips will be part of the Ryzen 8000 series and utilize a mix of 4nm and 3nm process nodes.

Based on what we know about Granite Ridge, the AMD Ryzen 8000 Desktop CPU family is expected to feature the Zen 5 core architecture. The Zen 5 cores will utilize the brand new 4nm node and are going to feature some big architectural changes. Some of the key features of Zen 5 CPUs include:

So as of right now, one shouldn't expect AMD to release a new Ryzen Desktop CPU family until next year. It is possible that the company refreshes its existing Ryzen 7000 CPUs before going into Zen 5 but that's something that only time will tell.