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The challenges of AMD CPU socket longevity
AMD has supported the AM4 platform for almost a decade. I wrote "has" because the company continues to roll out new processors for the socket, allowing those with older AMD motherboards to continue ...
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 ...
Intel was already on thin ice after the Raptor Lake instability issues, and its current Arrow Lake series hasn't exactly helped. Despite a new platform, higher clock speeds, and more cores, the latest ...
Ryzen and Navi were the stars of AMD's E3, but spare a thought for the AM4 socket -- and the significant amount of work AMD has done to keep it current without compromising its promise on backward ...
TL;DR: AMD's next-generation Zen 7 processors will support the current AM5 socket, offering up to 32 cores and 64 threads. This extends AM5's longevity through 2028, enabling upgrades from Zen 3, 4, 5 ...
It's hard to remember now, but the original AMD Ryzen processors topped out at "just" 8 cores. The Ryzen 3000 family came along in 2019 with the Ryzen 9 branding and the first sixteen-core desktop ...
The new processor is a souped-up version of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It's called the AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and although it ...
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Intel vs AMD: Which CPUs are better in 2025?
AMD's answer is its Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 series. These chips debuted with a fizzle on the gaming front, but subsequent firmware and operating system updates have improved the overall performance ...
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