Multi-slot socket for mounting integrated circuits on circuit board

A method comprising:

• providing a socket;
• and
• installing a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in said socket.

An apparatus comprising:

• a socket that includes a plurality of slots;
• and
• a plurality of memory modules, each of the memory modules installed in a respective one of the slots.

A method comprising:

• providing a socket which has a plurality of slots;
• and
• installing a respective memory module in each of the plurality of slots.

A socket configured to mount integrated circuits to a circuit board, the socket comprising five slots, said five slots including a central slot, said central slot having a first side wall that is shared with a second one of said slots and with a third one of said slots, said second and third ones of said slots sharing a common wall that extends perpendicularly relative to said first side wall, said central slot also having a second side wall that is opposite to and parallel to said first side wall, said second side wall being shared by said central slot with a fourth one of said slots and with a fifth one of said slots, said fourth and fifth ones of said slots sharing a common wall that extends perpendicularly relative to said second side wall.

A socket configured to mount integrated circuits to a circuit board, the socket comprising four slots, said slots in a two-by-two array.