The Chip Set

At one time, most of the functions of the chipset were performed by multiple, smaller controller chips Integrated to form a single set of chips that implements the various control features on the motherboard.

The Chip Set Most chipsets only support one generation of processors. –design of the control circuitry must be different for each processor families due to the different ways they employ cache, access memory, etc. Faster processors require chipset control circuitry capable of handling them. Some chipsets support the ability to create motherboards with two or four processors on them.

Chip Components

The Intel Chip Set Family

PCI

Bus Layout in a PC

Local Bus

System Block Diagram using 440BX

System Block Diagram using 810E

System Block Diagram using 820

System Block Diagram using 850

System Diagram using AMD760

System Block Diagram using SiS733

Socket 7 System Block Diagram

Slot-1 System Block Diagram

Socket 478 System Block Diagram