Super Socket 7

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Super Socket 7
Type	ZIF
Chip form factors	SPGA
Contacts	321
FSB protocol	P5
FSB frequency	95, 97, 100 MHz System Clock
Voltage range	2.0V - 2.4V
Processors	AMD K6-2 (300 MHz – 550 MHz) AMD K6-III (350 MHz – 500 MHz) AMD K6-2+ AMD K6-III+ Cyrix MII (PR366/250 MHz – PR433/300 MHz) IDT WinChip 2 (200 MHz – 250 MHz) Rise mP6
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The Super Socket 7, also referred to as Super 7, is an extension of the Socket 7 ZIF socket specification. It features a 100 MHz front-side bus, support for AGP, and a SPGA package. Super Socket was used by AMD K6-2 and K6-III processors, some of the final Cyrix M-II processors, some of the final IDT WinChip 2 processors, and Rise mP6 processors. 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. 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.

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 Intel had hoped by discontinuing Socket 7 development and moving to Slot 1 that AMD would be left with an outdated platform, making their processors non-competitive. 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.^[1]

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 with regard to the AGP implementations. The reputation AMD gained for buggy, incompatible motherboards lingered, and though an internal program by 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.

References

↑ "Technology Evolution". amd.com. Retrieved 2009-04-04.

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Desktop sockets	Super Socket 7 Slot A Socket A Socket 754 Socket 939 Socket AM2 Socket AM2+ Socket AM3 Socket AM3+ Socket FM1 Socket FM2 Socket FM2+

Mobile sockets	Socket A Socket 563 Socket 754 Socket S1 Socket FS1

Server sockets	Socket A Socket 940 Socket F Socket F+ Socket G3 (cancelled) Socket G34 Socket C32

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