CAMBRIDGE, UK — Following up on the availability of Intel's Core-i7 Mobile quad-core processors, Suyin has launched a reversed pin grid array socket (rPGA-989) suitable for automatic assembly. The ...

CPU sockets come in two major types -- ball-grid array and pin-grid array. PGA sockets look like a checkerboard with lots of squares. They are designed to hold a CPU chip with an array of pins ...

The ZIF socket plugs into standard pin-grid-array (PGA) sockets, and has replaceable pins. The PGA ZIF socket is made of UL94V-0 polyphenylene sulfide. Its contacts are either beryllium copper alloy ...

AMD has long stuck with a pin grid array (PGA) for its CPU packaging. You could go all the way back to the original Athlon processors and find a chip package not all that different from today's 16 ...

The need for more input/output (I/O) connections was a big driver in package evolution. Think about it: a chip with a million ...

This article explains how to install a heatsink on a CPU with the pin-grid array processor design used by most manufacturers. How to Install a CPU and Heatsink.