Motherboard: chipset

• components of the chipset

  • memory controller
  • I/O controller
  • bus controller
  • cache controller

• chipset desirable features

  • EDO (Extended Data Out) RAM
  • Pipeline Burst (Synchronous) SRAM cache
  • PCI local bus
  • APM (Advanced Power Management)
  • ECC (error correction code) or no ECC?

• types of chipsets

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