The need for more input/output (I/O) connections was a big driver in package evolution. Think about it: a chip with a million ...

It doesn’t include specialized packages, high-power packages, or packages with higher pin counts. The plastic ball-grid-array (PBGA) package can have up to 976 connections! 2.

Socket 370 accepts a 370-pin PPGA (plastic pin grid array) chip package. Socket 370 chips and motherboards cost less to manufacture than the more elaborate Single Edge Cartridge (SEC) and Slot 1 ...

AMD has long stuck with a pin grid array (PGA) for its CPU packaging. You could go all the way back to the original Athlon processors and find a chip package not all that different from today's 16 ...

To give you a better idea of BGA soldering, it would first be beneficial to explain a little more about what a Ball Grid Array is. What is a BGA? A Ball Grid Array is descended from the pin grid array ...