Patent ID: 7212408
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a circuit board; a socket mounted on the circuit board, the socket including a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, a fourth slot and a fifth slot, the first slot at a central location in the socket, the second and third slots adjacent to each other and adjacent to a first side of the first slot, the fourth and fifth slots adjacent to each other and adjacent to a second side of the first slot that is opposite to the first side of the first slot; a microprocessor installed in the first slot; a first memory module installed in the second slot; a second memory module installed in the third slot; a third memory module installed in the fourth slot; and a fourth memory module installed in the fifth slot; wherein the socket provides data and addressing connections between the microprocessor and the memory modules, such that a trace routing that is required on the circuit board to connect the microprocessor to the memory modules is reduced.