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AMD's future-gen Zen 8 'Penelope' and Zen 9 'Nemesis' CPU leaks, both on new AM6 socket

AMD's future-gen Zen 8 codenamed 'Penelope' and after that with Zen 9 codenamed 'Nemesis' says new leaks, both of them ...
TweakTown

Amazon AWS Graviton3 server CPU: triple-socket motherboard support

Amazon's new AWS Graviton3 CPU instances have reached Georgia, packing support for triple-sockets per motherboard: that's something you don't see every day. The new Amazon AWS Graviton3 CPU offer up ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Motherboard features matter more now that CPUs barely change

We've had high core counts, decent single-core performance, and thermally efficient CPUs for years now. Comparing an ...
HotHardware

Intel Granite Rapids Xeon 9000 CPU Socket Dwarfs Sapphire Rapids In Eye-Popping Comparison

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 ...
ExtremeTech

Intel Comments on Alder Lake CPU Socket Flexing

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Ars Technica

why have processors gone from socket to slot back to socket again?

Title pretty much sums it up. I'm not sure if this topic has been brought up before. I always wondered why chip companies gone from using a socket based processor (socker 5,7) to a slot based one ...
HotHardware

AMD Refuses To Quit On Socket AM4 With Yet Another Ryzen 5000 CPU Launch

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 ...
Ars Technica

I don't understand the LGA2011 socket

However, when counting the pins, you will realize that the 2011, 2011-1 and 2011-3 actually have different pin counts. As far as I understand, all these sockets fit physically with the CPUs, i.e. you ...
ExtremeTech

ASRock Blames Dead AMD Ryzen 9800X3D CPUs on Socket Debris

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 ...
Game Rant

Step-By-Step Guide To Installing A Processor

I'm Sayan Ghosh and I'm a contributor from Canada. I'd describe myself as an amateur photographer who loves storytelling and trying different street food. When not working, I'm on my custom-built PC, ...
PCGamesN

How to fix bent CPU pins

In this guide, we'll show you how to fix bent CPU pins, as well as how to fix bent motherboard socket pins if you have an LGA motherboard. Bent socket pins are one of the main reasons for motherboard ...