What is Socket 604?

Socket 604 is a central processing unit socket (CPU) released by Intel Corporation in 2002 for the Xeon processor brand. The CPU socket was designed to electrically connect the CPU to the motherboard for data transfer. It also provides physical support and acts as a protective interface, so users have less chance of damaging the CPU when removing or inserting. However, contacts consist of 603 active and one mannequin. These contacts that support the processor and have a 0.05 -inch (1,27 millimeter) pitch pitch, are arranged in proper rows along the drawer -shaped structure. It therefore observes the form factor of the grid field (PGA). Intel gives it a zero advertising force, so no force is required to remove and insert the chip. Debutting in 1998 was designed for server az basic boards from workstations, as well as built -in systems. However, not all Xeon processors are compatible with a socket. The chip mounted on the socket must have the transfer speed dAT 400, 533, 667, 800 or 1,066 Megahertz (MHz), which is reflected in 400 million, 533 million, 667 million, 800 million and 1.06 billion gears per second.

The socket processors 604 were also produced using the Nanometer production process 130, 90, 65 or 45, which determined their size. The smaller the number of lithographic nodes, the smaller the CPU. Intel E7500, E750, E7205, E7320, E7520 and E7525 are Intel Xeon sets compatible with a socket of 604.

Active contacts 603 rather than full 604 would indicate that Xeon compatible chips can work on a 603 plinth that was released in 2001 and is the immediate predecessor of the socket 604. However, 603 -compatible chips can go to a 604 socket because they do not need dummies.

although it seemed thatLand Grid Array (LGA) 775 or Socket T with the 2004 debut endanger Xeon's superiority from 2004, it was only compatible with the 400 MHz Xeon CPU. In addition, it actually had a requirement for data transfer speed with a range of 133 to 400 MHz. The following drawers such as Socket M and LGA771/Socket J in 2006, LGA 1366/Socket B in 2008, LGA 1156/Socket H in 2009 and LGA 1567 in 2010, replaced the 604 socket.