Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...

Intel is still developing its next-gen Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-S" desktop CPUs, which will launch on the new LGA1851 socket. However, the LGA1700 will live on, and new Bartlett Lake-S ...

Leaked images of a purported Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU socket have been put under close scrutiny. It is estimated that the socket is a massive 1.7X larger than the current gen Intel Sapphire ...

AMD is reportedly ready to finally move to a new gaming CPU socket in the next few years, with the first unconfirmed details about its future AM6 socket starting to leak out. The new AM6 design will ...

Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Update, April 2, 2025: AMD has given us a statement regarding the reportedly dead Ryzen processors, and we are pursuing further clarification from AMD. The statement notes that after an investigation ...

Something to look forward to: Intel has long faced criticism for frequently changing CPU sockets, making desktop upgrades more expensive and complicated. That trend could be about to change, however, ...

AMD is known for great value when it comes to its desktop processors, but its Computex 2024 presentation just doubled down on that MO. Not only has the company extended its current-gen AM5 motherboard ...

TL;DR: AMD's future Zen CPU roadmap reveals Zen 6 ("Medusa"), Zen 7 ("Prometheus") on AM5 socket with DDR5 and PCIe Gen5, followed by Zen 8 ("Penelope") and Zen 9 ("Nemesis") launching around ...

Going as far back as I can recall, CPUs came in packages with pins on the bottom and laid flat on the motherboard. Then for a while, they had contacts along the edge and stood perpendicular to the ...