1. Chip Set By: Somen Saini

2. Overview A chipset is designed to maintain the data transfer between the processor and external devices A chipset is designed to maintain the data transfer between the processor and external devices A number of integrated circuits assigned to one or more tasks such as providing basic functions of a CPU or Modem A number of integrated circuits assigned to one or more tasks such as providing basic functions of a CPU or Modem Chipsets have many functions including controlling the cache, performing direct memory access, handling interrupts, transferring data over the Input/Output bus, etc Chipsets have many functions including controlling the cache, performing direct memory access, handling interrupts, transferring data over the Input/Output bus, etc

3. Product History ChipsetLaunchedCPU Support 865April 2003Pentium 4 875April 2003Pentium 4 915June 2004Pentium 4 925XJune 2004Pentium 4 925XENovember 2004Pentium 4 (Extreme Edition) 945June 2005Pentium 4, Pentium D 955XJune 2005Pentium 4, Pentium D 975XNovember 2005Pentium 4, Pentium D

4. How does it work? The Chip Set connects the microprocessor to the rest of the motherboard. Consists of two parts : Northbridge, and Southbridge

5. How does it work? The Northbridge connects directly to the processor. A memory controller is in the Northbridge allowing the CPU to have access to the Memory. The Northbridge also connects to the AGP or PCI express bus and the memory itself.

6. How does it work? Information from the CPU has to go through the Northbridge before reaching the Southbridge. Chip Sets are optimized to work with certain CPUs to carry information from place to place.

7. Typical Specifications 100 Mega hertz ~ 2000 Mega hertz is the rate of data being transferred depending on the Chip Set Memory can go up to 8 Gigabytes for Chip Sets Latest Chip Sets often have around 1500 MHz and 8 GB of memory

8. Future Trends In the future, Chip Sets will inevitably be able to transfer larger portions of data at a faster rate than what we have now They will also become compatible with the latest CPUs, Motherboards, etc.

9. Additional Information Chip Sets are a part of the motherboard that allows data to be transferred through one part of the computer to another part. They are responsible for maintaining the transfer of data from the processor to external devices.

10. References http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://www.howstuffworks.com/