AMD’s 2024 Computex keynote is in the books, and along with the 9000 Series Desktop Processors, AM4 is getting even more support. Skip to main content Open menu Close menu ...

While AM4’s longevity has surprised us all, though, a long-lasting socket was something AMD had planned from the start. To find out more about the humble beginnings of Ryzen and the sockets that ...

Intel typically uses the same motherboard CPU socket for two generations but we've seen the company support the same socket for additional series. AMD has been more consistent through the Ryzen ...

AMD has introduced the Ryzen 5 5500X3D for Latin American customers. The new chip is AMD's lowest-end Ryzen 5000X3D part, ...

Two new Socket AM4 AMD Ryzen CPUs have just been unveiled, in the form of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT and AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT, with the latter being the fastest-clocked AM4 processor in its class yet ...

While unexpected, AMD stated its intention to support Socket AM4 long after Socket AM5's release - something confirmed by ex AMD employee, Robert Hallock in my interview with him in 2022, where he ...

AMD has two CPU sockets to choose from: AM4 and AM5. The former has been around since 2016 but lots of new motherboards still sport this socket, as AMD only introduced the newer AM5 system in 2022 ...

New chips often require a new socket but in previous years, AMD often had several in the market, all at the same time (e.g. AM1, FM2+, AM3+). Replacing all of those was AM4—a square socket ...

The promise of $125 AMD Socket AM5 motherboards for the company's Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 CPUs was made way back last year at the announcement of its new socket and range of highly-anticipated processors.

Owners of old AMD AM4 motherboards appear to have been given yet another upgrade option, despite AMD now being two generations into its newer AM5 socket, with the arrival of the Ryzen 5 5600XT ...

AMD also dominated the motherboard revenue share for the week, taking an 86.5% slice of the pie ($644,584) while Intel managed 13.5% ($100,564). Breaking down the individual socket types, AMD's ...