What is the brown slot near the CPU socket on a Pentium 1 motherboard, and what is it used for?

What is this slot called and what is it for on a Pentium 1 motherboard?

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Solution 1:

That's CELP! Card edge low profile!

It's a type of slot (or socket) used for expanding the L2 cache on some early–to–mid 1990s computers. The card that would fit inside it was called COASt! Cache on a stick! The stick would be populated by SRAM memory chips.

The standard was originally defined by Motorola to be between 4.33 and 4.36 inches (110 and 111 mm) wide, and between 1.12 and 1.16 inches (28 and 29 mm) high.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_on_a_stick

The missing puzzle piece...

Solution 2:

It's the L2 Upgrade Cache Expension Slot. Check Manual for details