spga

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

<hardware> (SPGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with a staggered grid of pins around the edge of the socket, positioned as several squares, one inside the other.

SPGA is commonly used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 5, Socket 7 and Socket 8.

See also PGA. [Better description?]

(1999-08-04)