AMD B650 Chipsets May See Reprieve in Another Sign of Memory Disruption

As AI hardware makers gobble up memory and prices surge, the ripples from the intense demand are spreading fast. One of the more surprising consequences of pressured memory stock appears to be that AMD is planning to keep the B650 chipset around, even though the B850 is ready to replace the aging chipset this year in new motherboards. Although this is a rumor at this point (by way of Videocardz), it's easy to see how the memory sector's conniptions could create a bottleneck for the rest of the hardware industry.

Memory makers have been seeing massive demand for SSDs for months. We recently pointed out that demand was increasing for DRAM, as well, leading to concerns that AMD would have to raise prices on some GPUs.

According to Videocardz, a note on Board Channels suggests that motherboard manufacturers plan to continue using the B650 chipset, which would probably ...