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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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When AMD launched its Ryzen processors on a newly minted AM4 socket in 2017, it was a game changing moment. Finally, AMD was bringing back real competition to Intel. But while Ryzen was killing off ...

TL;DR: AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor is leading CPU sales in Germany, with AMD's AM5 and AM4 sockets capturing 92.16% of the market at Mindfactory. Intel's share is only 7.84%, with its LGA 1851 ...

PC users, at least on the desktop side, still have just the "Big Two" when it comes to choosing a CPU. Intel remains the dominant player in the overall CPU market, but AMD has been having one of its ...