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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by kjeetgill on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:10PM (#21217517)
I suspect it's because AMD's resurgence is so recent and these things need long lead times for procurement, development, and validation.

I'm less familiar with laptops: Do Intel and AMD CPUs even share a common socket?

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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by DuskStar on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:43PM (#21217818)
Intel and AMD CPUs do not share a common socket (or chipset) on server, desktop, or mobile platforms. I think the last shared socket was Socket 7 [0], released back in 1995.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_7

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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by kjeetgill on Thursday October 10, 2019 @03:41PM (#21218419)
I didn't realize that. I guess it shows that I talk to more people building desktops than I have myself.
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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by isantop on Thursday October 10, 2019 @02:27PM (#21217668)
AMD and Intel do not share a socket.
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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by allset_ on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:20PM (#21219302)
Not only do Intel and AMD processors not share the same socket, processors change socket from generation to generation.
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Re:System76 Will Ship Linux Laptops With Coreboot-Based Open... by cogburnd02 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @05:35PM (#21219426)
Socket? Ha! Slot 2 forever! Muahahahaha! >:-D
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