Definitions
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- noun computing, electronics A
microchip connected directly to theCPU (unlike thesouthbridge ) and thus responsible for tasks that require the highestperformance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other is theoretically to go to the housewarming tomorrow, problem still being getting it there if i'm having lunch with someone in northbridge prior ... * ponder*
October 22nd, 2005 mynxii 2005
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More interesting than that is a chipset being released by AMD that, for now, will not be finding its way into a motherboard northbridge, which is too bad, as it seems to pack a punch like no other, from Ars Technica
Lockergnome 2009
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Chipsets are the pair of chips known as the northbridge and southbridge inside a computer that regulate the flow of data traffic between the microprocessor and other components, such as graphics and memory.
Computerworld News 2009
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If not, can I that plug for another case fan. the northbridge is a chip on the motherboard.
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Chipsets are the pair of chips known as the northbridge and southbridge inside a computer that regulate the flow of data traffic between the microprocessor and other components, such as graphics and memory.
Infoworld News 2009
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If not, can I that plug for another case fan. the northbridge is a chip on the motherboard.
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GPU, and a northbridge, all put together onto a single die.
Steve Ballmer: My Keynote Address at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show Steve Ballmer 2011
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GPU, and a northbridge, all put together onto a single die.
Steve Ballmer: My Keynote Address at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show Steve Ballmer 2011
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GPU, and a northbridge, all put together onto a single die.
Steve Ballmer: My Keynote Address at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show Steve Ballmer 2011
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* Bounced into northbridge for yum cha, had yummy mango juice
April 26th, 2006 mynxii 2006
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