TL;DR: AMD's next-generation AM6 socket will support Zen 7 processors with 2100 pins, a 22% increase in pin density over AM5, while maintaining the same size. This enables higher power delivery ...
AMD has a track record of supporting each successive platform for multiple generations, in stark contrast to the tick-tock cadence kept by its rival Intel. The AM4 platform is still being supported, ...
AMD announced the new AM5 socket alongside the Ryzen 7000 Series processors that feature Zen 4 cores. With Zen 5 and the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series, AMD is continuing to stick with the same socket, ...
Rumor mill: AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket will reportedly have 2,100 pins, a 22-percent increase over the 1,718 pins in AM5. However, despite the increased pin count, the two sockets are said to be ...
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 ...
The PC scene is really heating up. With Arm-based processors from Qualcomm and Apple offering stark competition against the conventional x86-64 world, and with AI being such a focus of so many players ...
AMD's next-generation AM6 socket may have up to 2,100 pins, compared to just 1,718 on the existing AM5 socket. This is an uncredited rumor, so it's worth considering with a speculative eye, but the ...
AMD has always had three families of CPUs with different sockets: Epyc for servers, Threadripper for workstation/HEDT, and Ryzen for consumer. Now, it appears the company might be attempting something ...