Overseas retailers have started to list AMD's upcoming budget AM5 motherboards with the A620 chipset.
AMD A620 Motherboards Listed Overseas For Under $100 : Read more
AMD A620 Motherboards Listed Overseas For Under $100 : Read more
We think vendors may temporarily roll with the first design to meet AMD's launch window, rumored to be the middle of the year
USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports are implemented in actual chipset (Promontory for AM5), so "chipset" A620 obviously won't have them. But the rest isn't true: CPU has 4 USB3 Gen 2 + 1 USB2, so providing less than that would be artificial limitation (still very likely – to cut the cost despite that the savings would be fraction of $ for manufacturer).The A620 chipset might not support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports. It could be limited to just two USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports while retaining the six USB 2.0 ports.
Ryzen 7K CPUs don't have any native SATA ports from the SoC, so I would imagine that the A620 would need to have have at least some actual functionality in order to provide those.A620 is likely not a chipset at all: just a dummy to activate the CPU, all the connectivity is coming from CPU directly (like it was on AM4 for A "chipset").
USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports are implemented in actual chipset (Promontory for AM5), so "chipset" A620 obviously won't have them. But the rest isn't true: CPU has 4 USB3 Gen 2 + 1 USB2, so providing less than that would be artificial limitation (still very likely – to cut the cost despite that the savings would be fraction of $ for manufacturer).
Luckily, memory overclocking is still on the table
Actually, these entry-level motherboards are being prepped for unveiling later this month with retail availability expected in April. A new report also states that these boards might support AMD AM5 CPUs up to 100W.
Based on the latest information that we have received, AMD and its partners will finally introduce the much-awaited & very affordable AM5 motherboard options tomorrow. The boards will adopt the A620 chipset which will come in two flavors, one variant will be a cut-down B650 SKU due to yields and the other will be the proper A620 die which will mostly be the more affordable option.