Northbridge (computing)
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In computing, a northbridge is a microchip that comprises the core logic chipset architecture on motherboards to handle high-performance tasks, especially for older personal computers. It is connected
A Kodiak chip: an implementation of IBM's CPC945 northbridge in an iMac G5, a PowerPC-architecture system.
A part of an IBM ThinkPad T42 laptop motherboard
Platform Controller Hub
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The Platform Controller Hub is a family of Intel's single-chip chipsets, first introduced in 2009. It is the successor to the Intel Hub Architecture, which used two chips–a northbridge and southbridge
Northbridge (computing)
…both released chipsets in which all northbridge functions had been integrated into the CPU. The corresponding southbridge was renamed by Intel as the Platform Controller Hub and by AMD as the Fusion controller hub. AMD FX CPUs continued to require external northbridge and southbridge chips. Modern Intel Core processors have…
An Intel DH82H81 PCH with its die exposed
Intel Cannon Lake Platform Controller Hub die
Intel CG82NM10
intel BD82HM77 PCH Panther Point