Definitions for "Northbridge"
Refers to the System Controller component of a Pentium chipset, responsible for integrating the cache and main memory DRAM control functions and for managing the host and PCI buses. See also Southbridge.
The part of a chipset in a PC that controls communications among system memory, the processor, external cache, and the AGP bus. See also southbridge. You...
the northbridge is the memory controller on the motherboard and controls communication between the CPU, RAM, AGP or PCI Express
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