Cpu Sockets: Advanced Micro Devices Sockets, Dual In-Line Package, Zero Insertion Force, Socket 7, Cpu Socket, Slot 1, Lga 775, Socket 370

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Advanced Micro Devices Sockets, Dual In-Line Package, Zero Insertion Force, Socket 7, Cpu Socket, Slot 1, Lga 775, Socket 370, Socket Am2, Socket Am2+, Lga 1156, Socket Am3, Socket 479, Socket 939, Lga 1366, Socket 478, Socket 754, Super Socket 7, Socket 940, Socket F, Socket M, Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier, Micro-Fcbga, Slot 2, Socket G34, Socket 603, Slotket, Socket 604, Socket S1, Socket 423, Socket 5, Socket C32, Slot A, Socket 8, Socket 563, Lga 771, Socket P, Socket 495, Socket 1, Socket 2, Socket Fs1, Socket F+, Pac418, Pac611, Socket 441, Lga 1248, Micro-Pga2, List of Cpu Sockets, Socket H, Socket B, Socket J, Socket T. Excerpt: Slot A refers to the physical and electrical specification for a 242-lead single-edge-connector used by early versions of AMD 's Athlon processor. The Slot A connector allows for a higher bus rate than Socket 7 or Super Socket 7 . Slot A motherboards use the EV6 bus protocol, a technology originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for their Alpha 21264 microprocessor.Slot A is mechanically compatible but electrically incompatible with Intel 's Slot 1 . As a consequence, Slot A motherboards were designed to have the connector's installed orientation be rotated 180 degrees relative to Slot 1 motherboards to discourage accidental insertion of a Slot 1 processor into a Slot A motherboard, and vice versa . The choice to use the same mechanical connector as the Intel Slot 1 also allowed motherboard manufacturers to keep costs down by stocking the same part for both Slot 1 and Slot A assemblies.Slot A was superseded by Socket A .See also (online edition) References (URLs online) This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing , which is licensed under the GFDL . A hyperlinked version of this c...