Having previously only committed to supporting AM5 until 2027, AMD has confirmed it will release AM5-compatible CPUs for ...

Intel released a "reduced load" variant of the ILM with Arrow Lake that mostly resolved the problem, but it was optional. It looks like Intel is releasing another variant of the ILM with Nova Lake, ...

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 ...

It used to be that a new CPU brought substantial IPC gains, more cores, and faster clock speeds with almost every upgrade. This hasn't been the case for a while, since modern CPUs have pivoted to ...

AMD has just dropped yet another Socket AM4 CPU, breathing yet more life into the aging platform. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has just been launched nine years after AMD first introduced Socket AM4 in ...

Intel might finally have noticed that gamers hate buying a new motherboard every time it sneezes out a CPU refresh. In an interview with Club386, Intel’s Robert Hallock hinted future desktop sockets ...

ASRock claims that the reason some owners of its 800-series motherboards have found their new PCs unable to boot, or even damaging their CPUs, is because of debris in the socket. Reportedly, after ...

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