Definitions for "Socket 370"
Keywords:  celeron, pga, ppga, intel, motherboard
This is the common name for Intel's newest PGA processor socket entitled the PPGA form factor. Intel initially designed Socket 370 to work with Celeron processors.
Intel's proprietary CPU interface form factor first introduced for its Celeron line of CPUs and subsequently adopted for later versions of the Pentium III family.
The common name for Intel's PGA processor socket, called the PPGA form factor. Intel initially designed Socket 370 to work with Celeron processors because socket designs are cheaper than Intel's Slot 1 and the Celeron didn't use any L2 cache, which was external at the time and the main reason for a slot design.