Monday, January 6th 2020
New Report Pins ASMedia B550 and A520 Chipset Production to begin Only in Q1 2020
While many users were likely expecting AMD to launch their lower-tier alternatives B550 and A520 chipset solutions for their Ryzen 2 CPUs shortly after their release to the market last year, users who want to pair a more inexpensive motherboard have had to wait in the rain until now. At the time, industry sources pointed towards fabrication of ASMedia's B550 and A520 chipsets for the AM4 platform to begin shipping to motherboard manufacturers in Q4 2019.
Now, new reports say that production of these chipsets (simpler in features, and thus, in price, whilst also not requiring active cooling) will only begin in Q1 2020, which means likely retail availability (at least in significant volumes) in Q2 at the earliest. It seems that users will, for the time being, have to make do with the usually top-of-the-line chipset option for the AMD platform - which is, coincidentally, the one with bigger margins for AMD.
Sources:
China Times, via Tom's Hardware
Now, new reports say that production of these chipsets (simpler in features, and thus, in price, whilst also not requiring active cooling) will only begin in Q1 2020, which means likely retail availability (at least in significant volumes) in Q2 at the earliest. It seems that users will, for the time being, have to make do with the usually top-of-the-line chipset option for the AMD platform - which is, coincidentally, the one with bigger margins for AMD.
30 Comments on New Report Pins ASMedia B550 and A520 Chipset Production to begin Only in Q1 2020
But here's the kicker: if I forget about the new generation and go for the X470, not only do motherboards cost about the same, but they're also out of stock. If I look at B450, I'm losing Intel networking, debug LEDs... and, of course, USB 3.2.