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Next we move on to the "Socket P". This socket looks similar to "Socket M" but has the pins missing in a different location and its common color in laptops is pink/purple. This socket supports a number of recent chips so we will list them all individually.Information on "Socket P" Processors.
[*=left]The Core 2 Duo model numbers began in the T5*** and to make it a little easier to tell the socket type by just this number Intel had most of the "Socket P" Core 2 Duo chips ending in either 50 or 70 for the T series. For example T5250 or T5270, whereas the "Socket M" chips ended in 00 such as the T5200.
[*=left]After the Core 2 Duo (Merom) came the Core 2 Duo (Penryn) which also used the same "Socket P". Penryn is not to be confused with "Santa Rosa" which is a chipset to be used with the Penryn CPU (this is a big thing to remember for all the black/white MacBook owners). Penryn based chips were used up to the 1066MHz FSB P9700 (SLGQS) which moves from the Santa Rosa chipset to Montevina.
[*=left]The Pentium Dual Core and Celeron Dual Core are the "budget" processors used in this platform. They are both Merom and Penryn based and support a FSB of 667/800Mhz.
[*=left]There are two Core 2 Quad chips that were used in mobile computing which are both Penryn based and require the Montevina chipset. They are the Q9000 (SLGEJ), Q9100 (SLB5G) and the QX9300 (SLB5J)
[*=left]There are 4 Core 2 Extreme chips as well. They are the X7800, X7900 and X9000 which were used on the Santa Rosa platform, and the X9100 which was used on the Montevina platform.
Last but not least included in the "Socket P" family is the Celeron M which started at the 530 series where 520 and below were using "Socket M". These were all Merom based and used on the Santa Rosa platform.
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After the "Socket P" party Intel went to the "Socket G1. This socket supported the original Core i7, i5, i3, Pentium and Celeron chips. Examples are the Core i7-720qm and Pentium P6100, these processors no longer use the "FSB" term or technology.
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