To what bridge on the motherboard is the CPU connected?
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Southbridge
- Northbridge
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Eastbridge
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Westbridge
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)