Computers have used socketed processors for most of the PC’s lifespan, with a few notable exceptions like Intel’s cartridge-based Pentium II and III aside. These sockets change every few processor ...

Intel's upcoming Alder Lake CPUs are still a few weeks away from launching, presumably, but there is plenty of related hardware in the wild to keep the leaks flowing. The latest one is an actual photo ...

Burnsville, Minn. — Ironwood Electronics has introduced the XG-LGA-7000 LGA socket for 0.65-mm pitch LGA devices. The socket is designed for a 12-mm package size, and operates at bandwidths up to 40 ...

If you’ve bought a motherboard with an Intel LGA 1700 socket lately, take a look at the socket cover. (Assuming you’re completely disassembling your PC, of course.) You might be surprised to find that ...

Much has been made of next-generation platforms on the horizon from AMD and Intel. Both are planning to embrace DDR5 memory, the former with its Zen 4 platform and the latter with Alder Lake-S. Along ...

It looks like we can look forward to Intel's new server CPU socket to be LGA 4677 with TE Connectivity, the maker of multiple connectivity solutions (and other gear) for CPU sockets, has unveiled its ...

A recent photograph leak by momomo_us on Twitter has unveiled a forthcoming Intel Xeon processor, referred to as Granite Rapids-SP, paired with an unprecedented LGA 4710 socket type. This mustn't be ...

Upgrading your motherboard is never a painless affair. Ripping out the guts of your build and swapping them out with all-new parts is time-consuming, and it's also expensive when a new socket is ...

Something to look forward to: Intel has long faced criticism for frequently changing CPU sockets, making desktop upgrades more expensive and complicated. That trend could be about to change, however, ...