ASRock® Announces Support for the Latest AMD Ryzen™ 5 Processors and Strategic Technology Partnership with SAPPHIRE

Taipei, Taiwan. - April 11, 2017 – The leading global motherboard manufacturer ASRock®, today announced support for the latest AMD Ryzen™ 5 processors, with UEFI BIOS updates available immediately for Taichi, Fatal1ty Gaming, and PRO series motherboards.

Easy BIOS updates with Flash utility

Taichi, Fatal1ty Gaming, and PRO series motherboards enable users to apply UEFI BIOS updates with ease. The latest BIOS can be downloaded via the ASRock corporate website. For more details, please visit company support site at https://www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

Chip Model Name BIOS Version AMD Promontory X370 Fatal1ty X370 Professional Gaming P2.00 or latest X370 Taichi P2.00 or latest Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 P2.00 or latest X370 Killer SLI/ac P2.00 or latest X370 Killer SLI P2.00 or latest AMD Promontory B350 Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4 P2.00 or latest AB350 Pro4 P2.00 or latest AB350M Pro4 P2.00 or latest AB350M-HDV P2.00 or latest AB350M P2.00 or latest AMD Promontory A320 A320M P2.00 or latest A320M-HDV P2.00 or latest A320M-DGS P2.00 or latest

Strategic Partnership with SAPPHIRE Technology

PC Gamers across the globe expect an optimal balance between performance and price when choosing their equipment. Both ASRock and SAPPHIRE have a proven track record in delivering award winning products that gamers truly need. To strengthen the demand for our superb product portfolios, ASRock and SAPPHIRE are announcing a strategic technology partnership that will focus on the performance and features that gamers deserve. Both companies will work together to launch cutting edge motherboard, CPU, and VGA card configurations that respond to market demand, whilst at the same time delivering superb price/ performance value.

"We are excited about the strategic partnership with SAPPHIRE to deliver the cutting edge features on the motherboard," said James Lee, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Division, ASRock. "The partnership can offer a straightforward solution for customers to increase the PC performance."

"Our mission is to provide an outstanding user experience to all of our customers," said Adrian Thompson, VP Global Marketing, SAPPHIRE. "This partnership with our colleagues at ASRock will strengthen our ability to deliver the fast and exciting components our customers deserve."