The
chipset is the main
component of a motherboard. The chipset contains the processor bus interface,
which is called front-side bus (FSB), memory controllers, bus controllers, I/O
controllers, and many more. The processor cannot talk to the memory, adapter
boards, devices, and so on without going through the chipset. Two boards with
the same chipsets are functionally same. System with slower processor but
better chipset can perform better then a system with faster processor The
chipset is the main hub and central nervous system of the PC. If you think of
the processor as the brain, the chipset is the spine and central nervous
system.
Chipset
determines: -
§ What type of processor you can fit on the motherboard?
§ How fast the buses will run?
§ What type, speed and amount of memory you can use?
