Many products are designed with today's high-performance ICs. Without sockets, the design, testing, and/or production phases of new product development would be chaotic, but as devices are designed ...

Ironwood Electronics has released a new socket for testing BGA devices like DDR4 memory chips. The SBT-BGA-7051 test socket features a floating guide for precise ball-to-pin alignment. Simply place ...

Upgrading CPUs in office computers makes a great deal of sense given that while CPU technology has advanced greatly, other components live longer lives before they become obsolete. Upgrading poses a ...

The 0.8 mm pitch BGA socket adapter from Ironwood Electronics provides an interposer solution for prototyping, testing and ...

Smiths Interconnect, a leading provider of innovative solutions for critical semiconductor test applications, and a business of Smiths Group, is pleased to announce that its patented, state-of-the-art ...

Advanced AI/CPU processors demand extreme high frequency and power performance from SLT and ATE test sockets. These sockets are in the critical path at the end of a very costly silicon fabrication and ...

For leading-edge devices such as RF ICs, increasing frequency, package density, and thermal issues offer significant challenges to designing effective socket and load-board solutions for test.

New AMD CPU Socket With Next-Gen Ryzen Chip Coming in 2022 AMD is also bringing its 3D-V cache tech to a Zen 3 Ryzen chip early next year that'll still use the AM4 socket.

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. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Computers have used socketed processors for most of the PC’s lifespan, with a few notable exceptions like Intel’s cartridge-based Pentium II and III aside. These sockets change every few processor ...