What Is Socket 370?

Slot in the computer industry refers to peripheral component expansion slots, which are different from so-called CPU interfaces such as slot1 and slot2.

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Slot refers to peripheral components in the computer industry

Such as PCI Express X16 slot.

Slot 1 slot: Install PII. Part of PIII, very few early Celeron CPUs.

Slot 2 slot: install PII.PII

Slot1 slot Slot1

The advent of Slot 1 completely changed the consistent shape of Intel's CPU sockets. Intel's original CPUs were all square, with the pins at the bottom of the chip, and the CPU was plugged into the motherboard's socket during installation. The Pentium II is no longer square, the processor chip is soldered to a circuit board, and then this circuit board is inserted into the motherboard's slot, this slot is Slot 1. With this design, communication between the processor core and the L2 cache is faster. Slot 1 has 242 pins and the working voltage is 2.8-3.3V. Slot 1 is mainly used for P2, P3 and Celeron, and there is also a Socket 8 adapter card for installing Pentium Pro.

Slot2 slot Slot2

Slot 2 is an improvement on Slot 1 and is mainly used in Xeon series processors. Slot 2 has 330 pins. The biggest difference between Slot 1 and Slot 1 is that Slot 1's CPU and L2 cache can only communicate at half the CPU's operating frequency, while Slot 2 allows the CPU and L2 cache to communicate at the CPU's operating frequency. .

Socket370 slot Socket370

The Socket 370 socket has 370 pins. After Intel found a cheap way to put the processor core and L2 cache together, its CPU socket returned from Slot to Socket. Socket 370 is based on Socket 7, it just adds a row of pins on each side of the socket. The first to use Socket 370 is the Celeron in the PPGA package, followed by the Pentium III and Celeron II in the FC-PGA package. There are also Socket 370 to Slot 1 riser cards. Currently Intel's mainstream CPUs are of the Socket 370 type.

SlotA slot SlotA

Because Intel applied for a very comprehensive patent for Slot 1, AMD could not copy Intel's sockets as before, so AMD independently developed Slot A. Slot A is a CPU socket with independent intellectual property rights of AMD, which is mainly used for Athlon series processors. Its design is similar to Slot 1, but it uses a different protocol. It uses the EV6 bus protocol. Using EV6 bus protocol, the operating frequency between CPU and memory can reach 200MHz. With the increasing popularity of Athlon processors, more and more Slot A motherboards are available.

SocketA slot SocketA

When Intel switched from Slot to Socket, AMD followed suit and switched from Slot A to Socket A. Both 0.18 micron Athlon and Duron use Socket A sockets. It also supports 200MHz and 266MhHz EV6 bus. Unlike Socket 370, Socket 370 CPU can directly use Socket 7's heat sink, while Socket A's heat sink needs to be slightly modified. In addition, AMD does not provide a socket A to Slot A adapter card. Socket A has 462 feet and it is not compatible with Socket 370. At present, AMD's mainstream CPUs are of the Socket A type.

Slockets slot Slockets

The so-called Locket is a combination of Slot and Socket, which can be seen from its spelling. It is essentially a Slot 1 to Socket 370 riser card that converts between different levels and interfaces. Some Locket can plug two CPUs, and some Locket can remove the CPU's lock frequency, making overclocking easier