The Intel Socket P (mPGA478MN) is the mobile processor socket replacement for Core microarchitecture chips such as Core 2 Duo. It launched on May 9, 2007, as part of the Santa Rosa platform with the Merom and Penryn processors.

Socket P
TypePGA
Chip form factorsFlip-chip pin grid array
Contacts478 (not to be confused with the older Socket 478 or the similar Socket 479)
FSB frequency400 MT/s, 533 MT/s, 667 MT/s, 800 MT/s, 1066 MT/s
Processors
Intel Core 2 Duo
T5xx0*, T6xx0, T7xx0*, T8x00, T9xx0, P7xx0, P8xx0, P9xx0 )
* some use socket M--see List of Intel Core 2 microprocessors#Dual-Core Notebook processors
Intel Core 2 Quad
Q9x00
Intel Core 2 Extreme
X7x00, X9x00, QX9300
Intel Pentium Dual-Core
T23x0, T2410, T3x00, T4x00
Intel Celeron M
PredecessorSocket M
SuccessorrPGA 988A

This article is part of the CPU socket series

Technical specifications

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Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 CPU showing Socket P

The front-side bus (FSB) of CPUs that install in Socket P can run at 400, 533, 667, 800, or 1066 MT/s. By adapting the multiplier the frequency of the CPU can throttle up or down to save power, given that all Socket P CPUs support EIST, except for Celeron that do not support EIST. Socket P has 478 pins, but is not electrically pin-compatible with Socket M or Socket 478. Socket P is also known as a 478-pin Micro FCPGA or μFCPGA-478. On the plastic grid is printed mPGA478MN.

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