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Two LGA sockets support current and future desktop and server microprocessors. The RoHS-compliant LGA771 Socket J accommodates Intel Xeon CPUs, while the LGA775 Socket T supports desktop computers.

PCWorld reports that AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400 processors may allow consumers to purchase mobile chips and install them directly into desktop PCs using AM5 sockets. This represents a significant shift ...

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 ...

AMD's Zen 6 microarchitecture for desktop processors will continue to use the Socket AM5, according to hardware leaks from Kepler_L2. It is also expected that AMD will maintain its current Zen 5 ...

According to a report by Fudzilla, socket AM3's days are numbered. The year and a half old desktop platform will supposedly be replaced by a new socket called FM1 by the time early 2011 rolls around.

Just a few days back we learned that Intel was already beginning to add software support for its 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPUs. This means the motherboard socket and other accompanying platform hardware ...

Anker has unveiled a new 6-port gallium nitride desktop socket that can deliver up to 67W charging on its USB-C port. The Anker 6-in-1 GaN Desktop Socket has dual USB-A, USB-C, and AC ports. The ...

At CES, AMD teased its next-generation Zen 4 processors and supporting platform. It also tipped the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, a new gaming CPU with AMD 3D V-Cache, to tide us over until fall. I have been ...