Socket 5 was created for the second generation of
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...
P5 Pentium
Pentium is a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel from 1993 to 2023. The Pentium (original), original Pentium was Intel's fifth generation processor, succeeding the i486; Pentium was Intel's flagship proce ...
processors operating at speeds from 75 to 133 MHz as well as certain
Pentium OverDrive
The Pentium OverDrive was a microprocessor marketing brand name used by Intel, to cover a variety of consumer upgrade products sold in the mid-1990s. It was originally released for Intel 80486, 486 motherboards, and later some Pentium compatible pr ...
and
Pentium MMX
The Pentium (also referred to as the i586 or P5 Pentium) is a microprocessor introduced by Intel on March 22, 1993. It is the first CPU using the Pentium brand.
Considered the fifth generation in the x86 (8086) compatible line of processors, s ...
processors with core voltage 3.3 V. It superseded the earlier
Socket 4
Socket 4, presented in 1993, was the first CPU socket designed for the early P5 Pentium microprocessors. Socket 4 was the only 5-volt socket for the Pentium. Socket 4 does support a special Pentium OverDrive, which allows running at 120 MHz ...
. It was released in March 1994. Consisting of 320 pins, this was the first socket to use a staggered
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 array on the underside of the package. The pins are commonly spaced 2.54 mm (0.1") a ...
, or
SPGA, which allowed the chip's pins to be spaced closer together than earlier sockets. Socket 5 was replaced by
Socket 7
Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an x86-style CPU socket on a personal computer motherboard. It was released in June 1995. The socket supersedes the earlier Socket 5, and accepts P5 Pentium microprocessors manufactured by ...
in 1995.
External links
Differences between Socket 5 and Socket 7(archived)
See also
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List of Intel microprocessors
This generational list of Intel processors attempts to present all of Intel's processors from the 4-bit 4004 (1971) to the present high-end offerings. Concise technical data is given for each product.
Latest
15th generation Core
Deskto ...
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List of AMD microprocessors
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References
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