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EET 450 Advanced Digital

EET 450 Advanced Digital. Chipsets. Terminology.

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EET 450 Advanced Digital

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  1. EET 450Advanced Digital Chipsets

  2. Terminology • In Northbridge/Southbridge chipset architecture designs, the Northbridge is the chip or chips that connect a CPU to memory, the PCIbus, Level 2 cache and AGP activities. The Northbridge chips communicate with the CPU through the FSB.

  3. The Northbridge chip is one of two chips that control the functions of the chipset. The other is the Southbridge. The Northbridge can consist of more than one discrete chip while the Southbridge is typically only one discrete chip.

  4. Southbridge • The Southbridge is the chip that controls all of the computers I/O functions, such as USB, audio, serial, the system BIOS, the ISA bus, the interrupt controller and the IDE channels. In other words, all of the functions of a processor except memory, PCI and AGP.

  5. Manufacturers • Intel • 440 series • 800 series • 850 & i845 – Pentium 4 • Hyperthreading

  6. Intel Chipsets

  7. Manufacturers • AMD • AMD-760TM • AMD-8000TM

  8. AMD-760 Chipset

  9. VIA Technologies • Socket AVIA Apollo KT333VIA Apollo KT266AVIA Apollo KT133AVIA Apollo KLE133Socket 478VIA Apollo P4X266A VIA Apollo P4X266 • Socket 370 / Slot 1VIA Apollo Pro266TVIA Apollo Pro133TVIA Apollo Pro133A(Dual CPU)VIA Apollo PLE133VIA Apollo PLE133T VIA Apollo Pro PlusVIA Apollo Pro • VIA ProSavage™ Chipsets

  10. Silicon Integrated Systems • SiS655( North Bridge Chipset ) • SiS748( North Bridge Chipset )

  11. Silicon Integrated Systems

  12. Bottom Line • Lots of chipsets to support processors as they emerge.

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