What you probably mean someone pushed hard internally for a decision to NOT limit old platforms. From a technical point of view "Chipset" no longer exists. Eve

What you probably mean someone pushed hard internally for a decision to NOT limit old platforms. From a technical point of view "Chipset" no longer exists. Every single chip going into Socket AM4 is a SoC able to work 100% standalone. Any differentiation and market segmentation you see around "chipsets", which are by the way just a fancy northbridges hanging off standard PCIE, is fake profit maximization theater.