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UNIT I

B.TECH – IV CSE
 TOPICS

 Motherboard Types
 Sockets and slot types
 Dual and Multi core technology
Motherboard Types
 Physical Packaging

 Processors come in many physical packages, but the most

common are in
 Pin Grid Array (PGA)
 Tape Carrier Package (TCP)
 Single Edge Cartridge (SEC) designs.
 PGA
 PGA takes its name from the fact that the chip has a grid-
like array of pins on the bottom of the package.
 PGA chips are inserted into sockets, which are often of a
ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) design.
 A ZIF socket has a lever to allow for easy installation and
removal of the chip.
 Physical Packaging

 SPGA(Staggered PGA):
 The pins are staggered on the underside of the chip
rather than in standard rows and columns.
 The pins are arranged to form a diagonal square
lattice inside the square boundary.
 SPGA includes an area in the center of the package in
which no pins are arranged.
 This was done to move the pins closer together and
decrease the overall size of the chip when a large
number of pin is required.
 Sockets and Slot types

 Single Edge Cartridge (SEC):

 The processor along with several L2 cache chips, is
mounted on a small circuit board which is then sealed in
a metal and plastic cartridge.
 The cartridge is then plugged into the motherboard
through an edge connector called Slot 1, which looks very
much like an adapter card slot.
 Slot 1 is the connection to the motherboard and has 242
pins.
 The main reason for going to this package was to be able
to move the L2 cache memory off of the motherboard
and onto the processor in an economical and scalable
way.
Sockets and Slot types