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 ...

Industry trends are moving to smaller higher-density packages and higher-speed processors. There are several methods of attaching processors to a pc board, including directly soldering the processor ...

Frenchtown, N.J. — Aries Electronics Inc. has introduced a new Correct-A-Chip adapter that enables the use of Atmel ATV5000 and Cypress CY7C342B 68-pin PLCC packages with boards designed for the now ...

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 ...

AMD's upcoming Zen CPUs and new AM4 socket are closer and closer to being revealed, and now we have leaked shots of the PGA (Pin Grid Array) design which looks to have 1331 pins - just 6 short of that ...

AMD is all systems go with their next-gen socket AM5, that would replace their traditional motherboard and CPU pin layouts for at least their Ryzen 7000 lineup. And now, it seems like the socket has ...