The first image of AMD's upcoming Socket AM4, the new single platform for its Bristol Ridge and Zen CPU and APU products, has been leaked, revealing a pin-grid array (PGA) design with 1,331 pin ...

Chipsets and processors will change, but Ryzen 7000 ushers in the successor to 2017's AM4 processor socket. Socket AM5 is a 1718-pin land-grid array (LGA) socket, meaning that its pins are on the ...

Only the AM4 socket will be covered here since the TR4 is for advanced users and would know what to do. ... AMD Processors use what is called a PGA-ZIF type socket. PGA stands for Pin Grid Array, ...

AMD is holding to a four-year-old commitment to support the AM4 processor socket for its Ryzen chips through 2020, though some of its older chipsets are being dropped.

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 ...

It's got big shoes to fill after the success of AM4. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. During its CES 2022 presentation, AMD ...

Replacing all of those was AM4—a square socket, 40x40 mm, home to 1331 contact pins. The idea was to have one socket for all desktop processors and not just for the first generation of chips ...

When AMD's Zen 4 processors arrive sometime next year, they're expected to use a new AM5 socket, replacing the AM4 socket used on the company's current best gaming CPU.This means the current best ...

AM4 is the CPU socket that just refuses to die. Nearly a decade after first making its way into motherboards, AMD is still releasing new processors for the long-lived setup, still delivering ...

AMD's new Ryzen 7 5700X3D now available: new mid-range AM4 socket CPU for $249; AMD's new Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU launches at the end of January, and for $249 it's a budget winner; ...