This is unfortunately not true and a result of Intel's obfuscatory tactics. The socket has been the same in subsequent generations, but you needed to buy a new

This is unfortunately not true and a result of Intel's obfuscatory tactics. The socket has been the same in subsequent generations, but you needed to buy a new motherboard because the chipset supposedly did not support the newer CPUs [0]. An example of this is the socket 1151 generation. This socket was named 1151-1 and 1151-2 in later years due to this tactic. When Intel was on their high horse (2010-2018) they generally supported 1-2 generations per socket. [0] https://www.pcgamer.com/modders-get-intels-coffee-lake-cpus-to-run-on-incompatible-motherboards/#:~:text=In%20short%2C%20getting%20a%20Coffee,a%20Core%20i7%2D8700%20chip https://www.pcgamer.com/modders-get-intels-coffee-lake-cpus-....