Intel Mobile Pentium III 600 LV socket: Micro-BGA2

What the Mobile Pentium III 600 LV is

The Intel Mobile Pentium III 600 LV is a 600 MHz single-core soldered mobile processor from June 2000. It runs one P6 Coppermine core at 600 MHz with no turbo, so 1 core gives 1 thread. Cache is 256 KB of full-speed L2 with 32 KB of L1 on a 180 nm process. Power is rated at 14.4 W max in a Micro-BGA2 soldered package with 495 balls on a 100 MHz front side bus with a 6x multiplier at 1.1 to 1.35 V.

Low voltage at 1.1 V battery mode trims the envelope over standard 600 parts at 20 W, which is why the 600 LV suited thin X-series laptops. Intel sold the LV 600 in June 2000. The chip supports MMX, SSE and SpeedStep.

A 600 MHz clock with a 14 W class envelope suits thin soldered layouts with SDRAM. The 6x ratio is standard for 100 MHz mobile boards. That is why the 600 LV shipped in slim ThinkPads.

Socket and motherboard compatibility

The 600 LV is soldered to Micro-BGA2 boards and cannot be replaced. It fits thin boards with BGA2 solder lands, a 100 MHz bus and a BIOS that lists Mobile Pentium III LV 600. The Socket vs chipset: what decides whether a CPU works guide covers pairing rules.

Thin SDRAM boards are the natural match. Boards built for the 600 LV carry the soldered chip with a board spreader for the 14 W class.

Memory, PCIe and cooling

Memory is SDRAM through the board chipset at the 100 MHz bus rate, set by the board. The soldered CPU has no memory controller. Thin boards commonly pair PC100 SDRAM.

A 100 MHz front side bus ties the soldered chip to the chipset, while expansion hangs off the chipset. No PCIe lanes originate on the die. Thermal design is board-level with a spreader.

Upgrade paths

There is no CPU upgrade path from a soldered 600 LV. The chip cannot move to a faster part. A board or system replacement is the only move.

For socketed planning, a Mobile Pentium III 600 such as Intel Mobile Pentium III 600 shows the socketed counterpart on Socket 495. The Micro-BGA2 page lists the soldered range. Note: the queue row lists 9 W typical; this page uses the verified 14.4 W max.