Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

A socket is a place that houses the computer processor. Not many would give this piece of hardware the importance it actually deserves. Well, the reason could be the less obvious functional impact of ...

Intel's next gen CPUs are coming to gaming PCs soon, and we've just been given our first glimpse of the socket that will be used by the chips and their supporting motherboards. The new lineup of Intel ...

Did you know, there was a CPU socket that accepted both Intel and AMD chips? Released in March 1994, Socket 5 was primarily designed for second-gen Intel P5 Pentium processors. However, it was also ...

The upcoming Nova Lake CPUs are set to launch on a long-lasting LGA 1954 socket ...

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 ...

I have looked at Intel & AMD's sites, but I am looking for a single source that tells what processor type & speeds came in what socket configuration. I am looking for practical information so I know ...

Etters, Pa. — FCI has developed a lead-free, 775-position LGA775 processor socket for PCI Express signaling in desktop PCs. The LGA775 processor socket combines FCI's ball grid array (BGA) technology ...

Nova Lake is set to change nearly everything you know about Intel CPUs ...

Not much is known about AMD’s monster Threadripper chips at this point except that they’ll appear this summer with up to 16 cores. You can now add another factoid to the fire though: The socket for ...