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Rudy No. Intel is not the only one.
-- Show quoteHide quoteDaveW "Rudy Kazuti" <rudyk***@comcast.net> wrote in message news:ObadnYVSxfcBSY7fRVnytw@comcast.com... > Is the northbridge/southbridge chipset only used with Intel mobo's > Rudy > > DaveW wrote:
> No. Intel is not the only one. Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets?> "Dee" <d**@home.net> wrote in message ???news:6b49c$4213e06d$438cb7f7$22319@ispnews.usenetserver.com... > DaveW wrote: > >> No. Intel is not the only one. >> > > Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets? -- Derek On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:08:13 -0500, Dee <d**@home.net>
wrote: >DaveW wrote: Because it's less expensive to fab two chips when all the> >> No. Intel is not the only one. >> > >Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets? features would otherwise take up one very large chip that'd have to be designed from scratch instead of an evolution of existing designs? Just getting rid of the memory controller doesn't remove the other needs of the NB/SB pair. I am confused. I just read where the northbridge chip connects the CPU to
memory, PCI and AGP. Are these chips needed no matter what chipset is on the board ex. Via, Nvidia or intel chipsets? Rudy Kazuti wrote:
> I am confused. I just read where the northbridge chip connects the Half way down this page is a block diagram of the Intel 925x chipset. Most > CPU to memory, PCI and AGP. Are these chips needed no matter what > chipset is on the board ex. Via, Nvidia or intel chipsets? all chipsets which have been made perform the same or nearly the same functions. It seems to me SiS had a chip which integrated the NB and SB, a few years ago. http://intel.com/design/chipsets/925x/index.htm -- "Even a broken clock is going to be once twice a day." - Jedidiah in cola "S.Heenan" <shee***@wahs.ac> wrote in message news:XW1Rd.414085$6l.76807@pd7tw2no...> Rudy Kazuti wrote: The machine I'm typing this on has a single chip - an Nvidia Nforce 3.>> I am confused. I just read where the northbridge chip connects the >> CPU to memory, PCI and AGP. Are these chips needed no matter what >> chipset is on the board ex. Via, Nvidia or intel chipsets? > > > Half way down this page is a block diagram of the Intel 925x chipset. Most > all chipsets which have been made perform the same or nearly the same > functions. It seems to me SiS had a chip which integrated the NB and SB, a > few years ago. > > http://intel.com/design/chipsets/925x/index.htm > -- Derek Derek Baker wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > "S.Heenan" <shee***@wahs.ac> wrote in message True. I didn't think to mention the Nforce3/4. The gist was to point out the > news:XW1Rd.414085$6l.76807@pd7tw2no... >> Rudy Kazuti wrote: >>> I am confused. I just read where the northbridge chip connects the >>> CPU to memory, PCI and AGP. Are these chips needed no matter what >>> chipset is on the board ex. Via, Nvidia or intel chipsets? >> >> >> Half way down this page is a block diagram of the Intel 925x >> chipset. Most all chipsets which have been made perform the same or >> nearly the same functions. It seems to me SiS had a chip which >> integrated the NB and SB, a few years ago. >> >> http://intel.com/design/chipsets/925x/index.htm >> > > The machine I'm typing this on has a single chip - an Nvidia Nforce 3. various functions of the chipset to Rudy K. -- "Even a broken clock is going to be once twice a day." - Jedidiah in cola |
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