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Chipset
The chipset is the intelligence regulator of
the computer, the architecture of its integrated
circuits.
Chipset often refers to the motherboard's chipset,
such as those made by AMD and Intel, which determine which
components the motherboard uses. Most of these chipsets are
divided into two units:
1. The Northbridge - for the memory and cache, the host
bus, and the PCI bus,
2. The Southbridge - for the ISA bus, various ports, IDE
interface, and I/O functions.
Intel no longer uses this terminology, although their
chipsets remain divided in a similar manner. Other chipsets are
now available as one unit, rather than as the two
described.
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