Mixed, sometimes you have to change the socket sometimes not. If it was Skylake with a different name, like Kaby Lake etc, the change was less likely needed, but of course I would need the technical details to make a 100% statement. Fact is, Intel had a cadence of using the same socket for only 2 gens, AMD did the opposite, they changed sockets when it was needed so, so nobody trusts intel anymore when they say it was a technical reason.Yeah probably just quoting what so any say about Intel all these years when they were on top from Core 2 Duo in July 2006 all the way until July 2019 with Zen 2 release.
DO you think Intel was greedy forcing changes to new sockets and motherboards, or were their technical reasons for it despite them being way ahead of AMD. Like there are technical reasons for AMD requiring DDR5 for Zen 4??
Fact is, AM5 will be a long going platform so it’s not needed to have a outdated memory standard built in, it’s so not needed, it’s planned for the long term, unlike intel which was just planned for 2 gens again, “12th” and “13th”.
And I wanna add one more thing: AMD isn’t in the position of corruption to do the “Intel” it’s not a company with 80% or more market share. Alone for this reason, you alleging AMD to be greedy, is wrong. They simply can’t afford it. AMD atm is going the way of appeasing via social media, “the friend from Reddit” way of advertising. It’s quite the opposite of being greedy and corrupt, it simply wouldn’t fly.