Specifications

Computer Architecture and Maintenance (G-Scheme-2014)
The original slot, or Slot 1 (pictured below), was first released by the Intel
Corporation in 1997 as a successor to the Socket 8. Later, AMD released another slot
processor known as the Slot A in 1999. Both slots look similar but are not compatible.
Later, Intel released the slot 2, which was a bigger slot used with the later versions of
the Pentium II processors. Today, slot processors are no longer found in new
computers and have been replaced by sockets.
A slot is another name for an expansion slot such as a ISA, PCI, AGP slot, or memory
slots.
The other form that processors take is a chip soldered on to a card, which then connects
to a motherboard by a slot similar to an expansion slot. The picture slows a slot for a
Pentium 3 processor.
Processor Socket and Slot Types
Intel and AMD have created a set of socket and slot designs for their processors. Each
socket or slot is designed to support a different range of original and upgrade
processors. Table 3.18 shows the designations for the various 486 and newer processor
sockets/slots and lists the chips designed to plug into them.
Sockets 1, 2, 3, and 6 are 486 processor sockets and are shown together in Figure so you
can see the overall size comparisons and pin arrangements between these sockets.
Sockets 4, 5, 7, and 8 are Pentium and Pentium Pro processor sockets and are shown
together in Figure so you can see the overall size comparisons and pin arrangements
between these sockets. More detailed drawings of each socket are included throughout
the remainder of this section with thorough descriptions of the sockets.
486 processor sockets.
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