With all the different sockets evolving....
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They usually use new sockets because design principles change. For example, when intel moved from LGA 775 to LGA 1156, hey needed a new socket because the integrated graphics and memory controller moved from the chipset to the CPU. LGA1150 needs a new socket, because the VRMs (Voltage Regulator Modules) are now on-die, thus improving cooling performance (less hot-spots) and less current through the socket, which was getting near 100A in extreme cases.
AMD needed the FM1 socket similarly, because it has the iGPU on the CPU die, instead of in the chipset. You need the MB to be wired differently to accommodate this.
AMD's steady march through AM1, AM2, AM2+, AM3, and AM3+ have been due to evolving memory standards, as their memory controller is on-die, like Intel's newer chips.
AMD needed the FM1 socket similarly, because it has the iGPU on the CPU die, instead of in the chipset. You need the MB to be wired differently to accommodate this.
AMD's steady march through AM1, AM2, AM2+, AM3, and AM3+ have been due to evolving memory standards, as their memory controller is on-die, like Intel's newer chips.
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All the socket means is that it will fit a certain model of CPUs. That being said, with each new socket release you are going to get the most up to date technology on all of those points that you listed. The latest revisions of interfaces (PCI-e 3.0, USB 3, etc) and any innovations or gimmicks that the manufacturers have come up with.
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They make money from the chipsets on the new boards too, you know. So do AMD for that matter.
FYI: USB3.0 is chipset-level, and often done through 3rd party chips.
FYI: USB3.0 is chipset-level, and often done through 3rd party chips.
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