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Jacob Fox

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Intel vp says future sockets should last longer and support more cpu generations | History Defined

A photo of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, focused on the CPU and DRAM sockets.

For many years of back-and-forth between Intel and AMD, one thing has remained pretty certain: if you want platform longevity, you stick with the latter, because Intel changes sockets faster than I get through a pack of Leibniz butterkeks (very fast). But perhaps not for much longer, because Intel's Enthusiast Channel VP and GM, Robert Hallock, has just hinted he expects longer lasting motherboard sockets.

When asked by Club386 whether he sees Intel sockets supporting more CPU generations in future, he responded "I do. That’s it—I do."

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