Those who have been paying attention to processor evolution
should remember the decision by Intel to migrate from Socket-7
to Slot-1 a couple years ago when they released the Pentium II.
Before that, their processors had been based on socketed designs
for several generations, and the change to slot implementation
was no doubt a big change for Intel.  Intel had their reasons in
doing so, mainly because they wanted to move the cache closer to
the processor core without actually integrating it in the same
package (ala the Pentium Pro). Therefore they had to change to a
slot design, where they would be able to include the L2 cache
external to the die but still on the same PCB.  Slot-1 looked to
be the way of the future for Intel CPU's. Unfortunately for
those users who bought Slot-1 motherboards with those thoughts
in mind, the advent of on-die L2 cache with the Celeron and
Coppermine CPU's signaled a move back to socketed designs due to
their lower manufacturing costs.For those who had bought a
Slot-1 motherboar