Overview
- Industry sources at Computex reported Thursday that multiple motherboard makers and memory module houses are shifting back to DDR4 and restarting production lines to meet rising buyer demand.
- At least two unnamed motherboard vendors told Tom’s Hardware they will ramp DDR4-supporting board production for the second half of 2026 and into 2027 to restore end-of-life product families.
- AMD and Intel are keeping DDR4-capable SKUs available, with AMD reintroducing a re-engineered Ryzen 7 5800X3D edition and both firms saying they will support older-memory platforms.
- Supply limits will constrain how fast DDR4 supply can normalize because DDR5 needs more complex packaging (integrated PMICs) and wafer allocation is being diverted to data-center CPU demand.
- For PC buyers this means more affordable DDR4 options will return but high DRAM and NAND scarcity is expected to persist through 2027, keeping prices elevated and affecting system costs and product mixes.