I'm considering buying a server board that has two CPU sockets, but I don't want to afford both CPUs right now. Is that a problem? Can I just add in the other CPU later like adding extra memory DIMMs?

The Open Compute Project Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary at this month’s 2022 OCP Global Summit, held in San Jose, California. The Open Compute Project (OCP) itself started at Facebook in ...

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, we were dazed, dazzled and beguiled by the arrival of dual-core processors. Offerings from Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. had analysts, ...

For our next round of synthetic benchmarks, we ran the CPU and memory performance modules built into Futuremark's PCMark05 suite. "The CPU test suite is a collection of tests that are run to isolate ...

Intel is rumored to be working on a newly designed retention system for its next-generation Nova Lake processors. According to VideoCardz's sources, the Nova Lake LGA1851 boards will feature two ...

I have an i5 3570k. it's a really nice cpu, but my motherboard sucks. only reason I can think to keep the cpu would be if I could find a dualsocket and get it a twin. However the reason the 3570k is ...

Intel's first socketed microprocessors came in a dual in-line package (DIP) with 40 connectors. The i486 used a variety of sockets, but the most popular had 237 contacts. AMD's "Socket A" for the ...

Acknowledging the industry trend toward multicore CPUs, BEA Systems now will treat dual-core processors as a single unit for pricing purposes for customers deploying its middleware, the company said ...

Early benchmark testing of NVIDIA’s upcoming “Vera” server processor suggests the company’s next-generation Arm-based CPU platform may become a serious competitor to both Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC in ...