| Super Socket 7 | ||
| Specifications | ||
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| Type | ZIF | |
| Chip form factors | SPGA | |
| Contacts | 321 | |
| Bus Protocol | P5 | |
| FSB | 95, 97, 100 MHz System Clock | |
| Voltage range | 2. A staggered pin grid array (SPGA refers to a style of arranging pins on an Integrated circuit package The Pentium brand refers to Intel 's single-core x86 Microprocessor based on the P5 fifth-generation Microarchitecture. 0V - 2. 4V | |
| Processors | AMD K6-2 (300 MHz - 550 MHz) AMD K6-III AMD K6-2+ AMD K6-III+ Cyrix MII (PR366/250 MHz - PR433/300 MHz) IDT WinChip 2 (200 MHz - 250 MHz) |
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The Super Socket 7, also referred to as Super 7, is an extension of the Socket 7 ZIF socket specification. The K6-2 was an X86 Microprocessor introduced by AMD on May 28 1998 and available in speeds ranging from 266 to 550 MHz. The K6-III, code-named "Sharptooth" was an X86 Microprocessor manufactured by AMD, which was the last Cyrix was a CPU manufacturer that began in 1978 in Richardson Texas as a specialist supplier of high-performance math co-processors for 286 and The Cyrix 6x86 (codename M1 is a sixth-generation 32-bit 80x86 -compatible Microprocessor designed by Cyrix and manufactured by IBM IDT ( was founded in 1980 as a Semiconductor vendor Employing approximately 2500 people worldwide headquartered in San Jose California and operating The WinChip series was a low-power Socket 7 -based X86 processor designed by Centaur Technology and marketed by its parent company A CPU socket or CPU slot is a connector on a computer's Motherboard that accepts a CPU and forms an electrical interface with it Socket 7 is a physical and electrical specification for an X86 -style CPU socket on a personal computer Motherboard. It features a 100 MHz front-side bus, support for the AGP bus, and a SPGA package. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. In Personal computers the Front Side Bus ( FSB) is the bus that carries data between the CPU and the northbridge. A staggered pin grid array (SPGA refers to a style of arranging pins on an Integrated circuit package Super Socket was used by AMD K6-2 and K6-III processors, and some of the final Cyrix M-II processors. The K6-2 was an X86 Microprocessor introduced by AMD on May 28 1998 and available in speeds ranging from 266 to 550 MHz. The K6-III, code-named "Sharptooth" was an X86 Microprocessor manufactured by AMD, which was the last Cyrix was a CPU manufacturer that began in 1978 in Richardson Texas as a specialist supplier of high-performance math co-processors for 286 and It is backward compatible with Socket 7, meaning a Socket 7 CPU can be used with a Super Socket 7 motherboard, but a Super Socket 7 CPU cannot operate at full speed in a Socket 7 motherboard. In Technology, especially Computing (irrespective of platform a product is said to be backward compatible when it is able to take the place of an older product Socket 5 CPUs are pin-compatible with Super Socket 7, but not all motherboards designed for Super Socket 7 supported the voltages needed for Socket 5 CPUs. Socket 5 was created for the second generation of Intel Pentium processors operating at speeds from 75 to 133 MHz as well as certain Pentium OverDrive processors
While AMD had previously always used Intel sockets for their processors, Socket 7 was the last one for which AMD retained legal rights. Intel had hoped by discontinuing Socket 7 development and moving to Slot 1 that AMD would be left with an outdated platform, making their processors non-competitive. Slot 1 refers to the physical and electrical specification for the connector used by some of Intel 's microprocessors including the Celeron, Pentium II By extending the FSB from 66 to 100 MHz, Super Socket 7 gave AMD the stopgap solution they needed while developing their own independent motherboard infrastructure, Slot A. A motherboard is the central or primary Printed circuit board (PCB making up a complex electronic system such as a modern Computer or Laptop Slot A refers to the physical and electrical specification for a 242-lead single-edge-connector used by early versions of AMD 's Athlon processor
While the architecture was cheap, and served the intended purpose, many of the third party chipsets provided by VIA, SiS, and others, were of low quality, especially in regard to the AGP implementations. VIA Technologies ( is a Taiwanese manufacturer of Integrated circuits mainly Motherboard Chipsets CPUs, and memory, and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS Traditional Chinese: 矽統科技) is a company that manufactures among other things motherboard chipsets The reputation AMD gained for buggy incompatible motherboards lingered, and though an internal program in VIA to raise standards for their chipsets had begun to show results in the K6-III and Pentium III era, AMD put in place a quality assurance program for the Athlon processor. The K6-III, code-named "Sharptooth" was an X86 Microprocessor manufactured by AMD, which was the last Pentium III variants Katmai The first Pentium III variant was the Katmai (Intel product code 80525 Quality assurance, or QA for short refers to planned and systematic production processes that provide confidence in a product's suitability for its intended purpose Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of different X86 processors designed and manufactured by AMD.
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