By Kevin Lee
AMD has made some big changes with its architecture at CES 2016 including announcing a new efficient Polaris-based mobile graphics chip and now it has a new standard socket for its desktop processors.
Christened the AM4, the new socket brings with it DDR4 memory and USB-C support – but most importantly it finally aligns the company’s CPU and APU families under one socket. Specifically, users will be able to drop in both Summit Ridge (the rumored octo-core CPU) processors and Bristol Ridge APUs into the new standard.
AMD says it will come as a big help to users who will no longer have to do extra research or find themselves unable to upgrade to a new processor because of incompatible sockets. What’s more, the AM4 socket will be found on every type of computing device whether you’re trying to build a regular tower, gaming machine or a workstation.
AMD declined on commenting when and which CPUs will be the first new chip to adopt this new standard, but we should be seeing them soon in the coming months.
Spinning rims
On top of a new processor socket, AMD has also announced a new APU called the A10-7890K – though this …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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