What is the difference between southbridge and northbridge?

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north and south bridge refer to the data channels to the CPU.... mem and hdd data goes to CPU using the north bride...And the mouse ,kboard . CD ROM ext data flows to the CPU using the southbridge .... The northbridge is the portion of the chipset HUB that connects faster I/O buses (for example, an AGP bus) to the system bus. Northbridge si also bigger looking then the southbridge chip. The southbridge is the HUB that connects to slowerI/O buses( for example, An ISA bus) to the system bus. CCainas -- e.g., vmarshburn The Northbridge and the Southbridge are known as the chipset on the motherboard. These set of chips collectively control the memory cache, external bus, and some peripherals. There is a fast end of the hub, and there is a slow end of the hub. The fast end of the hub is the Northbridge, containing the graphics and memory controller connecting to the system bus. The slower end of the hub is the Southbridge, containing the I/O contoller hub. VBerroteran

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