We all love standard CPU sockets for their easy repairs and upgradeability. But in servers, they take up more space and have ...

[Andrew Zonenberg] has crossed a line in his electronic hobby projects. The Ball Grid Array (BGA) is a type of chip footprint which most hobbyists leave to the professionals. But he’s learned ...

Which legacy socket(s) accepted both Intel and AMD CPUs? Released in March 1994, Socket 5 was designed for second-gen P5 Pentium processors among other Intel parts, but could also accept AMD K5 ...

There are a variety of IC packages for IC sockets and headers. Examples include ball grid array (BGA), chip scale package (CSP), single in-line package (SIP), dual in-line package (DIP), plastic ...

AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 “Medusa” desktop processors are likely to continue with the current AM5 socket. This information was ...

Contrary to prior rumors, Arrow Lake, which will fight for a spot on the list of best CPUs, might not be the first processor to employ the LGA1851 socket. Before Intel released ... Instead, Meteor ...

AMD's Zen 5 processors have been out a few months, and you know what that means for journalists like us -- it's time to start ...

The company has released very few details regarding its plans for the new year, but that didn't deter us from digging up some interesting information regarding a new CPU socket and several new ...

Buying a CPU can be an awfully confusing affair. Here are all the things you need to know ahead of Black Friday deals, and ...

Upgrading your processor often feels like upgrading your smartphone—it's exciting to unlock new performance capabilities, but it comes with a frustrating reality: you will probably need a new ...

as well as a set of regular tools for replacing BGA chips. In the end, the card booted up, and, flashed with a new BIOS, successfully displayed the Apple bootup logo that would normally be missing ...

AMD's next-next-gen Ryzen desktop processors, codenamed "Medusa," will be compatible with the existing AM5 socket – if the latest rumors are to be believed.