Hardware

SECC Voltage configuration using resistors

Intel released Pentium II and Pentium III processors on the Single Edge Contact Cartridge – or SECC. This type of package was required because it allowed to move the level 2 cache chips from the motherboard closer the to silicone die. Intel wasn’t able to integrate the L2 cache into the CPU die yet. Later Pentium III models, also known as Coppermine, integrated 256kb of level 2 cache…
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