An alleged picture of the socket that is expected to host Intel's next-generation Diamond Rapids (Xeon seventhgeneration) family of server CPUs has emerged, as spotted by HXL on X. The LGA9324 socket ...

More pins equals more performance, right? If so, get ready for AMD's next-gen AM6 CPU socket. According to a new AMD patent filing (via Bits and Chips), it'll have about 2,100 of the pointy little ...

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 ...

Processors 'In 10 years of tracking retail CPU sales, I have never seen such a steep decline,' says one tech channel after staring at the grim figures Power Supplies Asus announces the ROG Equalizer: ...

I first noticed this bent pins thing when I started to look at Z77 motherboards and I was reading Newegg reviews. It seemed to be mostly an issue with Asus motherboards. Some people claimed they ...

Intel recently unveiled its Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" processors at a launch event in Japan, where MSI, a key OEM partner, conducted a detailed examination of the CPU's physical structure. The ...

On New Year's Eve der8auer published a video where he shared his analysis of the Coffee Lake controversy. In his signature style der8auer decided to look at the issue using a very hands-on approach, ...

EAGAN, MN—Ironwood Electronics recently introduced a new LGA socket addressing high performance requirements for 1.016mm pitch devices—SBT-LGA-9019. The contactor is a stamped spring pin with 19 gram ...

Processors 'In 10 years of tracking retail CPU sales, I have never seen such a steep decline,' says one tech channel after staring at the grim figures Processors AMD could be releasing a special ...