Question

Give details of chipset used in your computer motherboard

Answer 1

The chipset is the "glue" that connects the microprocessor to the rest of the motherboard and therefore to the rest of the computer. On a PC, it consists of two basic parts -- the northbridge and the southbridge. All of the various components of the computer communicate with the CPU through the chipset.

The northbridge connects directly to the processor via the front side bus (FSB). A memory controller is located on the northbridge, which gives the CPU fast access to the memory. The northbridge also connects to the AGP or PCI Express bus and to the memory itself.

Answer 2

Chipset used in a computers motherboard:

• There are several chipsets in 1 motherboard and each have different functionalities.

• The basic components of a chipset are:

1. circuit board layout
2. microprocessors
3. modem card chipsets

• The chipsets vary for different CPUs and according to their functionality.
• External buses, memory cache and secondary devices are all controlled by the chipset.