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Page 13 of 22:

Mini-Cartridge, Continued

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Thermal Design Power
Page 3: Cooling A Mobile CPU
Page 4: Heat Pipes, Heat Sinks, Heat Spreaders And Remote Heat Exchange, Continued
Page 5: Desktop Vs. Mobile CPU
Page 6: Speedstep, Continued
Page 7: Mobile Module 1
Page 8: Mobile Module 1, Continued
Page 9: Mobile Module 1, Continued
Page 10: Mobile Module 2
Page 11: Mobile Module 2, Continued
Page 12: Mini-Cartridge
Page 13: Mini-Cartridge, Continued
Page 14: BGA-1
Page 15: BGA-1, Continued
Page 16: Micro-PGA1
Page 17: Micro-PGA1, Continued
Page 18: BGA-2
Page 19: Micro-PGA2
Page 20: BGA-2, Continued
Page 21: Mobile CPU Matrix
Page 22: Conclusion

Mini-Cartridge, Continued

The Mini-Cartridge Connector has 8 rows with a total of 240 pins.

Most of those cartridges had been used in combination with the BX chipset as shown above.

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