Intel's Socket 3 was a type of CPU socket into which various x86 microprocessors were inserted. It was commonly found alongside a secondary socket designed for a math coprocessor chip, in this case the 487. Socket 3 resulted from Intel's creation of lower voltage microprocessors. An upgrade to Socket 2, it rearranged the pin layout and omitted one pin so that 3V processors could not be plugged into older 5V only sockets. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) (founded 1968) is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Socket 462 processor socket The CPU socket or slot is the connector that interfaces between a computers motherboard and the processor itself. ... x86 or 80x86 is the generic name of a microprocessor architecture first developed and manufactured by Intel. ... Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386 A microprocessor (abbreviated as µP or uP) is a computer electronic component made from miniaturized transistors and other circuit elements on a single semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) (aka microchip or just chip). ... A coprocessor is a computer processor used to supplement the functions of the primary processor (the CPU). ... The Intel 80487, or 487 (i487), was the math coprocessor for the Intel 486SX chips. ... Socket 2 was one of the series of standard sockets into which various x86 microprocessors were plugged. ...

Socket 3 was a 237 pin LIF/ZIF PGA (19x19) socket suitable for the 3.3V and 5V, 25-50 MHz 486 SX, 486 DX, 486 DX2, 486 DX4, DX4 Overdrive and Pentium Overdrive processors. In Norse mythology, Lif (life) and Lifthrasir (eager for life) will be the only two to survive Ragnarok, the end of the world. ... A ZIF socket ZIF is an acronym for zero insertion force. ... PGA means one of the following things: Professional Golfers Association The PGA TOUR, the principal professional golf tour in the United States Producers Guild of America Peoples Global Action pin grid array, a type of packaging for integrated circuits Plastic grid array professional graphics adapter, a video interface card for... A megahertz (MHz) is one million (106) hertz, a measure of frequency. ... ... The Intel 80486DX is a microprocessor made by Intel x86 family of processors. ... The Intel 80486DX2 is a CPU produced by Intel that was introduced in 1992. ... The Intel DX4 is a clock-tripled 80486 microprocessor chip. ... The Pentium OverDrive (code-name P24T) was an Intel Pentium processor for 486 Socket 3 and Socket 2 PC motherboards. ...