Motherboard: chipset

• components of the chipset
  • memory controller
  • I/O controller
  • bus controller
  • cache controler

• chipset desirable supported features
  • EDO (Extended Data Out) RAM
  • Pipeline Burst (Syncronous) SRAM cache
  • PCI local bus
  • APM (Advanced Power Management)
  • Parity
  • ECC (error correction code)

• types of chipsets