Comments by "" (@PainterVierax) on "AMD: How It All Began" video.

  1. TBF we had to wait until AM2+ and AM3 to have that upgrade path and until AM4 to have a large compatibility during 5+ years. Before that there was SlotA/Socket A for K7, then socket754/939/AM2 for K8. APUs were a mess though, with FM1 incompatible with FM2 and FM2+, then incompatible with AM4. Memory is less of an issue with Intel, as they've made some arch compatible with two DDR gen to ease transition (eg. skylake and alderlake) whereas AMD dropped that after K10 (I know there was Excavator gen but as 28nm APUs it wasn't really a viable desktop option and DDR4 wasn't available on FM2+, like DDR3 wasn't on AM4).
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