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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

To what bridge on the motherboard is the CPU connected?

To what bridge on the motherboard is the CPU connected?

  • Southbridge
  • Northbridge
  • Eastbridge
  • Westbridge


To what bridge on the motherboard is the CPU connected?

EXPLANATION

The Northbridge is one of two chips in the chipset architecture on a PC motherboard. The second chip is called Southbridge.
Northbridge is connected directly to the CPU via the FSB (front-side bus) and is responsible for tasks that require the highest performance. Also RAM (and integrated graphics) is located on the Northbridge.

For more detailed information check the source.

SOURCE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northbridge_(computing)
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