Chipset

[Rudy Kazuti]

Is the northbridge/southbridge chipset only used with Intel mobo's
Rudy

 

[DaveW]

No. Intel is not the only one.

 

[Dee]

No. Intel is not the only one.

Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets?

 

[Derek Baker]

Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets?

???

 

[kony]

Then why do AMD boards have both North & South bridge chipsets?

Because it's less expensive to fab two chips when all the
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.

 

[Rudy Kazuti]

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?

 

[S.Heenan]

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 Baker]

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.

 

[S.Heenan]

The machine I'm typing this on has a single chip - an Nvidia Nforce 3.

True. I didn't think to mention the Nforce3/4. The gist was to point out the
various functions of the chipset to Rudy K.