The purpose of the Southbridge chip is to help with communication between the CPU and other devices such as PCI, ISA and the IDE. Locating the Southbridge can be challenging when trying to replace chip.
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∙ 10y agoIs a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture.
The chipset of a motherboard consists of both Northbridge and Southbridge. Northbridge is the faster component, as it handles things such RAM and CPU. Southbridge on the other hand, takes things slow and handles components of the motherboard such as USB, Ports (audio, speaker, mic). The Northbridge and Southbridge must be made by the same manufacturer. For example, you cannot put a Northbridge AMD on a motherboard with Southbridge Intel.
The keyboard sends information up its cable (or through its wireless receiver) into your computer. The data travels to a keyboard controller and/or the southbridge of the motherboard. The southbridge sends the data to the northbridge if there is one, and eventually to the CPU.
The purpose of the motherboard for the AMD SB710 Southbrdge chipset is to control the processes that are going on within the computer's main frame system.
The Southbridge chipset manages onboard peripheral devices The Northbridge chipset manages communication between the CPU, memory, and the Southbridge chipset
The Southbridge, also known as an I/O Controller Hub (ICH) or a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) in Intel systems (AMD, VIA, SiS and others usually use 'southbridge'), is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture.The southbridge can usually be distinguished from the northbridge by not being directly connected to the CPU. Rather, the northbridge ties the southbridge to the CPU. Through the use of controller integrated channel circuitry, the northbridge can directly link signals from the I/O units to the CPU for data control and access.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_(computing)
Communication between the CPU and the RAM and PCI Express slots
Outside of the CPU and the memory, the two main chips on the motherboard are the Northbridge and the Southbridge. Traditionally, the Northbridge contained the AGP controller, the memory controller, and the bus to the CPU. It is also connected to the Southbridge which is connected to the peripheral bus, the BIOS, the front panel, the keyboard, sound, and the hard drive controller. So functionally speaking, the Northbridge is closest to the CPU and the memory, and the Southbridge is closest to the user.
Central Processing Unit = CPU Northbridge and Southbridge = Chipset Are the two main processing devices on your motherboard. Graphic Processing Unit = GPU Is the main "Graphical" processing unit within a computer.
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Characteristics of motherboard are concerned with chip set, an important set of components on the motherboard. Most chip sets are divided into two distinct components, Northbridgeand Southbridge. Northbridge controls access to the RAM, video card, and the speeds at which the CPU can communicate with them. The video card is sometimes integrated into the Northbridge. The Southbridge, in most cases, allows the CPU to communicate with the hard drives, sound card, USB ports, and other I/O ports.
the motherboard is the main motherboard. The only way you can have a main motherboard is if you have more than one in a computer witch are usually servers. 99.99999% of computer have one motherboard and that is the main object of a computer