As it turned out, AM4 has lasted far longer than any other CPU socket design and it's still going strong seven years and eight months on.

A promise to support the AM4 platform until 2020 was quite admirable, but nobody expected them to keep it alive all the way ...

When consumers with AM4 or AM5 motherboards come to upgrade, AMD maintaining socket longevity means they will only have to buy a new CPU to upgrade, rather than a full motherboard and memory.

For context, the AM4 socket first appeared back in 2016 while the newest family of Ryzen CPUs for AM4, the Zen 3-based Ryzen 5000 chips, was first released in late 2020.

In addition to the new Ryzen 8000G series lineup and the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB graphics card, AMD has unveiled a couple of new AM4 desktop processors, including the Ryzen 7 5700X3D, Ryzen 7 5700 ...

A CPU built for the AM5 socket will not work in an AM4 socket, and vice versa. They also use different system memory chips, with the latest one using DDR5 and the older one using DDR4.

AMD reportedly gearing up to launch new X3D processors -- the first for AM4, breathling life into the platform -- with the Ryzen 7 5700X3D and 5500X3D.

AMD is launching its new Zen 5 CPUs with a the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X, and promising big gains over Intel’s flagship Core i9-14900K.

AMD has announced the new Ryzen 5000XT series update for its older AM4 socket comprising two new processors at Computex 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan. From July, you'll be able to get your hands on the ...

During AMD’s Computex presentation, CEO Dr. Lisa Su was proud to boast that the AM4 socket has 145 different CPU and APU chips on the market. Impressive. What about pricing for the new chips?

Users of AMD's AM4 platform may get two more Ryzen launches to keep the party going.