A socket is a place that houses the computer processor. Not many would give this piece of hardware the importance it actually deserves. Well, the reason could be the less obvious functional impact of ...

I'm considering buying a server board that has two CPU sockets, but I don't want to afford both CPUs right now. Is that a problem? Can I just add in the other CPU later like adding extra memory DIMMs?

Processors TSMC's next generation of system-on-wafer packaging will make today's CPUs and GPUs look pathetically feeble in comparison Hardware AMD partner retailer leaks Threadripper 9000-series ...

The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F gaming CPU has six cores and 32MB of L3 cache, with a similar design to the 5600X but with lower ...

Not much is known about AMD’s monster Threadripper chips at this point except that they’ll appear this summer with up to 16 cores. You can now add another factoid to the fire though: The socket for ...

AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it's doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service.

OK, I am probably the only man in the universe who is a fan of VIA processors. Practically every computer guru I've spoken with hates them, but I happen to have a soft spot for them. Mostly because ...

The performance projections for Intel's upcoming 15th Gen Arrow Lake processors recently leaked. Following that leak, information on the unreleased LGA1851 socket for Arrow Lake has also leaked. Arrow ...

AMD is also bringing its 3D-V cache tech to a Zen 3 Ryzen chip early next year that'll still use the AM4 socket. If you’re on Team AMD, get ready for a new CPU socket. On Tuesday, the company ...

In the GeekBench ranking list a new 16-core processor with 32-threads has surfaced. The unit is tagged as Socket 2066 and thus is the recently announced (yet not available) Core i9-7960X. The results ...