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Socket P (mPGA478MN) is the mobile processor socket replacement for Core microarchitecture chips such as Core 2 Duo. It launched on May 9, 2007, as part of the Santa Rosa platform with the Merom and Penryn processors.

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The front-side bus (FSB) of CPUs that install in Socket P can run at 400, 533, 667, 800, or 1066

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. By adapting the multiplier the frequency of the CPU can throttle up or down to save power, given that all Socket P CPUs support EIST, except for Celeron that do not support EIST. Socket P has 478 pins, but is not electrically pin-compatible with Socket M or

Socket 478 Socket 478, also known as mPGA478 or mPGA478B, is a 478-contact CPU socket used for Intel's Pentium 4 and Celeron series Central processing unit, CPUs. Socket 478 was launched in August 2001 in advance of the Northwood core to compete with AMD ...

. Socket P is also known as a 478-pin Micro FCPGA or μFCPGA-478. On the plastic grid is printed mPGA478MN.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20060714182555/http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2835 *https://web.archive.org/web/20060709190425/http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3180 *http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2808&p=4

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