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Socket T, also known as Socket LGA 775, is Intel's CPU socket, in which the pins are on the motherboard, not the processor. The Prescott (Pentium 4 core) is the only processor to use the LGA 775 socket type, for now. Intel changed from Socket 478 to LGA 775 because Intel plans to offer a Front side bus of 1066 MHz and the new pin type has better power distribution to the processor. The 'T' in Socket T was derived from the now cancelled Tejas core, which was to replace the Prescott core.

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