Intel's first socketed microprocessors came in a dual in-line package (DIP) with 40 connectors. The i486 used a variety of sockets, but the most popular had 237 contacts. AMD's "Socket A" for the ...

AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it's doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we'd seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD ...

TL;DR: Intel is developing a new LGA 1954 socket for its 2026 Nova Lake-S desktop CPUs, featuring up to 16 P-Cores and 32 E-Cores. This marks Intel's third major socket change in recent generations, ...

Rumor mill: AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket will reportedly have 2,100 pins, a 22-percent increase over the 1,718 pins in AM5. However, despite the increased pin count, the two sockets are said to be ...

TL;DR: Intel's Nova Lake desktop CPUs, due in 2026, are rumored to require a new LGA1954 socket, replacing the current LGA1851 used by Arrow Lake. Despite that apparent need to change the motherboard, ...

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