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Despite being just a humble CPU socket, AMD 'boldly suggests' AM4 has 'legendary status'
Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups.
Square bits of plastic with tens of hundreds of metal pins embedded in them might not seem like cutting-edge technology but CPU sockets are pretty important things. Designing a socket that can support multiple generations of architectures, while not being limited in areas such as PCI Express capability is no mean feat, but making one that is still in use, seven yearslater, is an astonishing achievement. Time seems to have made those previous issues fade from memory and all legends play a tad loose with historical accuracy, so Bristow's statement isn't entirely hyperbole.
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