Each type of socket has a list of advantages that clearly distinguish it from the other and although we cannot postpone the battle between LGA vs PGA, we have to look at who benefits from its use and in particular its reasons.
Intel specifically stopped using the PGA for years and focused on the LGA, which has sometimes been attacked by any of its foundations and management systems, but remains committed to using it. AMD on the other hand looks like it doesn't want to jump on it in general, what else is hidden?
Cost, demand, strategy and backwards compatibility
These four factors determine the current usage and sales of modern processors. From the perspective of a CPU builder, it should be borne in mind that users are not at all a problem of Intel or AMD, that is, their installation and binding systems are simple so each user will have their own preferences, which do not decide which companies.
On the other hand, not installing or installing pins on the processor has a direct cost to the company. In the case of AMD, it must consider the high price of living in the PGA, while the motherboard manufacturers save themselves from headlines that show higher costs in the LGA.
Relevance is another key factor, but at the same time inconsistent and has to do with the strategy to follow. AMD offers great retro harmony on your platforms, so you need to keep the same socket for a long time and only new platform modifications can change this.
Pin size is the key to choosing an LGA or PGA
Another important point is the total size of the CPUs and the number of pins it receives. It is clear that if we need more pins to connect and supply voltages, buses, channels and curtains, the option is optional over LGA.
It gets the maximum number of pins per square cent and as we see in the Threadripper, it's not a problem that AMD is dealing with. LGA also has a clear advantage with PGA: it's safe to use it from the processor's point of view, which transfers the load of pins to motherboard manufacturers.
Finally, we must look at some basic information to understand why AMD and Intel use one or the other: the increasing pressure. In the LGA he said that the compression and compression of the CPU is much higher than that provided by the PGA, where the latter leaves the pressure requirements on the block or heatsink, because its performance stays.
On the other hand the LGA offers a secure and secure durability, which puts pressure on the pins and ensures evenly distribution. Therefore, it is a much safer township than the PGA, which, as we have all confirmed at the time, could allow the CPU to get out of it if the heatsink was properly connected to the IHS, putting the processor pins at risk. .
On both bases, the potential for load balancing lies with the user, since AMD or Intel are in charge of malfunctioning, and board manufacturers are not.
