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Many applaud AMD’s decision to support their AM4 platform until at least 2020, but some believe this plan could come to an end due to the prevalence of outdated motherboard BIOS. Users are frustrated because the BIOS on older motherboards must be updated before newer chips can be detected, but vendors, arguably, do not make this process easy enough.
If AMD keeps receiving backlash for continuing support then I feel this is something they might abandon after 2020 and instead adopt a compatibility cycle similar to Intel's: hitting reset every couple of generations and forcing you to invest in a new platform that might not offer anything new beyond CPU support.
If AMD keeps receiving backlash for continuing support then I feel this is something they might abandon after 2020 and instead adopt a compatibility cycle similar to Intel's: hitting reset every couple of generations and forcing you to invest in a new platform that might not offer anything new beyond CPU support.