Patent ID: 8399981

Claim:
An integrated circuit package comprising: a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins comprising a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, a fifth pin, a sixth pin, each of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, pins extending externally to the integrated circuit package, being linearly arranged in a first row and being equally spaced from each other; a seventh pin, an eighth pin, a ninth pin, a tenth pin, an eleventh pin, and a twelfth pin extending externally to the integrated circuit package, linearly arranged in a second row separated vertically from the first row and offset horizontally from the first row such that each pin in the second row is offset from the pins in the first row; wherein said first, fourth, seventh, and tenth pins comprise power/ground pins; and wherein the remaining pins are configured for use as signal pins.