[louissan]

Anyone remember Pentium II and their new <del>sockets</del> cartridges?

That didn't last long. Like what, one generation?

Good.

(saying that, but I remember purchasing a dual Pentium II motherboard for 2 400 MHz CPUs to speed up 3DStudio 4 renderings under Windows NT4... xD)

[scrlk]

The reason why they went down the slot route was for packaging reasons.

Cache was still external at that point. There would be performance benefits from brining it on die, but larger chips are more expensive to make & using two smaller dies (one for CPU & one for cache like the Pentium Pro) is still quite expensive.

The middle ground was to put the CPU and cache on a single PCB, so you end up with a cartridge form factor. By the time the next generation rolled around it was possible to put the CPU and cache on the same die at a reasonable cost (Moore's law), making the cartridge form factor obsolete.

[flyinghamster]

There were Pentium IIIs in slot form as well - I encountered one at work many years ago. AMD also had a "Slot A" version of the original Athlon, which was quickly ditched.

[pram]

Pretty sure there was a slot Pentium 3.

I thought it was cool at the time, made me think of a NES cartridge.

[user3939382]

It was called Slot 1. The first computer I built for myself used it, circa 2001.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Ze Fuji Quicksnap CPUs.

(Single use analog pocket cameras)

[mardifoufs]

Anymore details on those? I can't find any info on the CPUs inside

[LargoLasskhyfv]

It was an analogy. Because of the formfactor, which was very similar at the times. Fuji still makes things labeled as quicksnap for the same purpose, but they look very different now.