Socket 4, presented in 1993, was the first
CPU socket
In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB). This allows for placing and replacing the cent ...
designed for the early
P5 Pentium
Pentium is a brand used for a series of x86 architecture-compatible microprocessors produced by Intel. The original Pentium processor from which the brand took its name was first released on March 22, 1993. After that, the Pentium II and P ...
microprocessor
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s. 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Socket 4 was superseded by the 3.3-volt-powered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.
See also
*
List of Intel microprocessors
References
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