Socket 4 Explained

Socket 4
Formfactors:PPGA
Contacts:273
Type:ZIF
Protocol:?
Fsb:60, 66 MT/s
Voltage:5 V
Processors:Intel P5 Pentium
Predecessor:Socket 3
Successor:Socket 5

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 (for the 60 MHz Pentium) or 133 MHz (for the 66 MHz Pentium).

Socket 4 was superseded by the 3.3-volt-powered Socket 5 in 1994.

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