Socket 563


Socket 563 is a microPGA CPU socket used exclusively for low-power Athlon XP-M processors.
This socket can usually be found in laptops and requires a low-power mobile part in a special 563-pin µPGA package which is different from the Socket A package used for other Athlon processors.
There are desktop computer motherboards equipped with Socket 563. PCChips is known to have marketed such a board, the M863G Ver3, bundled with a socket 563 processor and a heatsink.