Upgrading your processor often feels like upgrading your smartphone—it's exciting to unlock new performance capabilities, but it comes with a frustrating reality: you will probably need a new ...

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 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 ...

One of the main reasons AMD CPUs have proven so popular in recent years the company's policy to use the same CPU sockets across multiple generations. This has meant that a user could buy a motherboard ...

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 ...