CPU socket for Intel mobile processors
Also known as PGA 989
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Socket G2, also known as rPGA 988B, is Intel's CPU socket used with their line of mobile Core i7, the successor to the Core 2 line, and also with several mobile Core i5 and Core i3 processors. It is based on Intel's Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge architecture. Like its predecessor, socket G1 systems, it can only run in dual-channel memory mode, but with data rates up to 1600 MHz. Socket G2 CPUs are also known as FCPGA988 socket processors, which should be pin compatible with PPGA988.