AMD said Thursday that it will continue to use its AM4 processor socket straight through its next generation of Zen 3 processors, fulfilling the pledge it made to continue the socket through 2020. AMD ...

Ryzen and Navi were the stars of AMD's E3, but spare a thought for the AM4 socket -- and the significant amount of work AMD has done to keep it current without compromising its promise on backward ...

AMD has just dropped yet another Socket AM4 CPU, breathing yet more life into the aging platform. The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has just been launched nine years after AMD first introduced Socket AM4 in ...

New CPU releases are often a cause for celebration, as consumers get their hands on the latest products. While AMD has recently delayed (just slightly) the launch of its Ryzen 9000 series due to some ...

AMD is writing the book on socket longevity and it's doing it with AM4, which is approaching a decade of service. Just when you thought we'd seen the last hurrah for the aging platform when AMD ...

AMD's Socket AM4 debuted eight years ago. In September 2016, AMD launched what turned out to be one of the longest-lasting modern platforms, which still receives support and new processors almost a ...

Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Antony reviews and covers the latest PC hardware and laptop technology Mar 09, 2018, 05:49am EST Mar 12, 2018, 07:29am EDT This ...

AMD's upcoming Ryzen 7 5700X3D processor will be an 8-core, 16-thread CPU with 96MB of X3D cache on-board, while we're expecting a base clock of 3.0GHz and a boost clock of up to 4.1GHz. This means it ...