What is Socket 940?

In 2003, the manufacturer of semiconductors of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) introduced a central processing socket for processing (CPU) called Socket 940. This is named because it has 940 holes. In particular, AMD has created this component for two of its processor brands. FX is a high -performance version of the then AMD consumer processors, focused on hardware enthusiasts and hardcore personal computer players. The Athlon 64 FX has the highest speed range of this particular 64 -bit CPU family, at 2,200 to 3,000 megahertz, or 2.2 to 3 gigahertz. The second brand, Opteron, focuses more on workstations and servers than on computers and has a wider processing speed, at 1,400 MHz to 3,200 MHz or 1.4 GHz to 3.2 GHz. AMD really introduced the Socket 940 for the Opteron First, which debuted in the same year, but later expanded the compatibility of Athlon 64 FX, which began to appear towards TKONEC of 2003.

1.98 inches (5.03 centimeters) in width and 2.33 inches (5.92 cm) in length, 940 socket has its holes for pins that hold on the grid standard (PGA) neat arrangement in rows that form a grid. Socket 940 uses a PGA variant called Organic Pin Grid Array (OPGA), which means it is made of organic plastic material. The zero insect (ZIF) function allows the user to insert and remove the CPU without using any force. ZIF is particularly useful because it should prevent any CPU damage.

Socket 940 operates in the voltage range of 0.8 to 1.55 volts. It also supports a dual channel memory controller, which uses the architecture of synchronous dynamic dynamic random access (DDR SDRAM) double data speed. Its Hypertransport technology, with the kind permission of AMD to improve data transfer between the processor and the motherboard or other computer/Secomponent RVER/Workstation, supports 800 MHz and 1,000 MHz.

until 2006 began andMD to reduce the use of a socket 940. This was mainly due to the introduction of the AM2 socket, which also has 940 pins, but is specially made for the second generation of opteron production. Therefore, it is not compatible with the first generation chip chip. This year, The Socket F, which has an incredible 1,207 pins and replaced the Socket 940 as a primary drawer for the Athlon 64 FX processors.