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Understanding Northbridge in Motherboards is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the roles and functions of the northbridge and southbridge chips that make up the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard. The northbridge typically handles high-speed communication between the CPU, RAM, and graphics card. The southbridge typically handles lower-speed I/O functions like storage, audio, networking. Both chips are required but have different roles based on their positioning - the northbridge is closer to the CPU while the southbridge is further away and connects to slowe

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