https://wccftech.com/amd-am5-lga-1718-cpu-socket-pictured-support-next-gen-ryzen-desktop-cpus/ > The renders of AMD's next-generation AM5 CPU socket which will support upcoming 2022's Ryzen Desktop CPUs have been published by ExecutableFix. The renders show a similar retention socket as Intel's mainstream LGA socket. > The AMD AM5 platform will bring a host of new features and will also carry the latest LGA 1718 socket which is designed to support the next-generation Ryzen Desktop. Renders of this new socket have been posted by ExecutableFix who was also the first to unveil the IHS and package design of the Zen 4 powered Raphael Desktop CPUs which are aiming at a launch in 2022.