Thursday, 27 November 2014

Super I/O Chips



Super I/O Chips

Another major chip seen on many PC motherboards is called the Super I/O chip. This chip normally integrates devices formerly found on separate expansion cards in older systems. On the newer motherboard the function of the I/O is performed by the main chipset. Most Super I/O chips contain, at a minimum, the following components:
§  Floppy controller
§  Dual serial port controllers
§  Parallel port controller