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Circuit board-microprocessor connection
In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB). This allows for placing and replacing the central processing unit (CPU) without soldering. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: CPU socketA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Computer Networks & Communications (NetCom)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Relaxation investigation on durability for terminals of CPU socket connectorsCited 6 times
- Go sideways: Land grid arrayA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Pin grid arrayA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Computer Networks & Communications (NetCom)Nabendu Chaki · 2013
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đź”— Related topics
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- Pin grid array A pin grid array (PGA) is a type of integrated circuit packaging. In a PGA, the package is square or rectangular, and the pins are arranged in a regular…
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- Socket 1 Socket 1, originally called the "OverDrive" socket, was the second of a series of standard CPU sockets created by Intel into which various x86 microprocessors…
- Socket G2 Socket G2, also known as rPGA 988B, is Intel's CPU socket used with their line of mobile Core i7, the successor to the Core 2 line, and also with several…
- LGA 1200 LGA 1200, also known as Socket H5, is a zero insertion force flip-chip land grid array (LGA) socket, compatible with Intel desktop processors Comet Lake…