CAMBRIDGE, UK — Following up on the availability of Intel's Core-i7 Mobile quad-core processors, Suyin has launched a reversed pin grid array socket (rPGA-989) suitable for automatic assembly. The ...

AMD has shifted to Land Grid Array (LGA) from Pin Grid Array (PGA). Although both have pros and cons, LGA proves far more secure and easy to install. Intel has been using LGA for a long time ...

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 ...

Finally, no more bent pinsOn its previous sockets, AMD has used a Pin Grid Array (PGA) layout, where the pins are on the CPU rather than the motherboard. Intel has stuck with a Land Grid Array ...

Where Socket AM4 (and most of AMD's previous mainstream processors) used a Pin Grid Array design, the next-generation Socket AM5 will adopt a Landing Grid Array design similar to the one used on ...

Each one is pressed atop a small pin that’s part of the Land Grid Array in the socket, so the CPU can get power from the motherboard and communicate with the rest of the system.

AMD is expected to utilize the 4,094 pin TR4 socket for Threadripper. While AMD hasn’t released any hard dates on when Threadripper will launch, the Alienware Area 51 Threadripper Edition will ...

AMD AM5 is coming and it seems like Team Red is shifting things up in a big way for next-gen: going for LGA instead of PGA for their Ryzen 7000 CPUs. But is this a good thing?