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A chipset or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuit
Integrated circuit

In electronics, an integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin Wafer of semiconductor material....
s, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.

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Computing

Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and computer software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology....
, the term chipset is commonly used to refer to a set of specialized chips on a computer
Computer

A computer is a machine that manipulates Data according to a list of Code .The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century , although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier....
's motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 or an expansion card
Expansion card

An expansion card in computing is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot of a computer motherboard to add additional functionality to a computer system....
. In personal computer
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
s the first chipset for the IBM PC AT
IBM Personal Computer/AT

The IBM Personal Computer/AT, more commonly known as the IBM AT and also sometimes called the PC AT or PC/AT, was IBM's second-generation IBM Personal Computer, designed around the 6 MHz Intel 80286 microprocessor and released in 1984 as model number 5170....
 was the NEAT chipset by Chips and Technologies
Chips and Technologies

Chips and Technologies was the first fabless semiconductor company, a model developed by its founder Gordon Campbell. Founded by Dado Banatao....
 for the Intel 80286
Intel 80286

The Intel 286, introduced on February 1, 1982, was an x86 16-bit microprocessor with 134,000 transistors.It was widely used in IBM PC compatible computers during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....
 CPU. Based on Intel Pentium
Pentium

Introduced on March 22, 1993, the original Pentium was the first superscalar x86 architecture microprocessor. Its fifth-generation x86 microarchitecture was a direct extension of the 80486 architecture with dual integer pipeline s, a faster FPU unit, wider data bus, and features for further reduced address calculation latency....
-class microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
s, the term chipset often refers to a specific pair of chips on the motherboard: the northbridge
Northbridge (computing)

The northbridge, also known as a memory controller hub or an integrated memory controller in Intel systems , is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the Southbridge ....
 and the southbridge
Southbridge (computing)

The Southbridge, also known as an Input/output Controller Hub or a Platform Controller Hub in Intel systems , is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture....
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A chipset or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuit
Integrated circuit

In electronics, an integrated circuit is a miniaturized electronic circuit that has been manufactured in the surface of a thin Wafer of semiconductor material....
s, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.

Computers

In computing
Computing

Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and developing computer technology, computer hardware and computer software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology....
, the term chipset is commonly used to refer to a set of specialized chips on a computer
Computer

A computer is a machine that manipulates Data according to a list of Code .The first devices that resemble modern computers date to the mid-20th century , although the computer concept and various machines similar to computers existed earlier....
's motherboard
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
 or an expansion card
Expansion card

An expansion card in computing is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot of a computer motherboard to add additional functionality to a computer system....
. In personal computer
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
s the first chipset for the IBM PC AT
IBM Personal Computer/AT

The IBM Personal Computer/AT, more commonly known as the IBM AT and also sometimes called the PC AT or PC/AT, was IBM's second-generation IBM Personal Computer, designed around the 6 MHz Intel 80286 microprocessor and released in 1984 as model number 5170....
 was the NEAT chipset by Chips and Technologies
Chips and Technologies

Chips and Technologies was the first fabless semiconductor company, a model developed by its founder Gordon Campbell. Founded by Dado Banatao....
 for the Intel 80286
Intel 80286

The Intel 286, introduced on February 1, 1982, was an x86 16-bit microprocessor with 134,000 transistors.It was widely used in IBM PC compatible computers during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....
 CPU. Based on Intel Pentium
Pentium

Introduced on March 22, 1993, the original Pentium was the first superscalar x86 architecture microprocessor. Its fifth-generation x86 microarchitecture was a direct extension of the 80486 architecture with dual integer pipeline s, a faster FPU unit, wider data bus, and features for further reduced address calculation latency....
-class microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
s, the term chipset often refers to a specific pair of chips on the motherboard: the northbridge
Northbridge (computing)

The northbridge, also known as a memory controller hub or an integrated memory controller in Intel systems , is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the Southbridge ....
 and the southbridge
Southbridge (computing)

The Southbridge, also known as an Input/output Controller Hub or a Platform Controller Hub in Intel systems , is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture....
. The northbridge links the CPU to very high-speed devices, especially main memory and graphics controllers, and the southbridge connects to lower-speed peripheral buses (such as PCI or ISA
Industry Standard Architecture

Industry Standard Architecture was a computer bus standard for IBM compatible computers....
). In many modern chipsets, the southbridge actually contains some on-chip integrated peripherals
Motherboard

A motherboard is the central printed circuit board in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple Inc....
, such as Ethernet
Ethernet

Ethernet is a family of Data frame-based computer networking technologies for local area networks . The name comes from the physical concept of the Luminiferous aether....
, USB, and audio devices. A chipset is usually designed to work with a specific family of microprocessors. Because it controls communications between the processor and external devices, the chipset plays a crucial role in determining system performance.

The manufacturer of a chipset often is independent from the manufacturer of the motherboard. Current manufacturers of chipsets for PC-compatible
IBM PC compatible

IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM Personal Computer, IBM Personal Computer XT, and IBM Personal Computer/AT....
 motherboards include NVIDIA
NVIDIA

Nvidia is a multinational corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processing unit technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices....
, AMD, VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies

VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, Central processing unit, and computer memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group....
, SiS
SIS

The initials SIS may stand for:...
, Intel and Broadcom
Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is an United States supplier of integrated circuits for broadband communications. Founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry T....
. Apple computers and Unix
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
 workstations from Sun
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
, NeXT
NeXT

NeXT, Inc. was an American computer company headquartered in Redwood City, California, California, that developed and manufactured a series of computer workstations intended for the higher education and business markets....
, SGI
SGI

SGI can refer to:*Saskatchewan Government Insurance* Scientific Games International: see Scientific Games Corporation*Silicon Graphics, Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions....
, and others have traditionally used custom-designed chipsets; now that Sun and Apple both have x86 processors in at least some of their lines of products, they have begun to use standard PC chipsets in some of their computers. Some server
Server (computing)

A server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs , in the same or other computer. The physical computer that runs a server program is also often referred to as server....
 manufacturers also develop custom chipsets for their products.

In the 1980s, Chips and Technologies, founded by Gordon Campbell, pioneered the manufacturing of chipsets for PC-compatible computers. Computer systems produced since then often share commonly used chipsets, even across widely disparate computing specialties. For example, the NCR 53C9x
NCR 53C9x

The NCR 53C9x is a chipset made by the former NCR Corporation for implementing the SCSI protocol. The 53C9x is a low-cost solution and was therefore widely adopted by OEMs in various motherboard and peripheral device designs; however, the chipset lacks many features commonly attributed as beneficial aspects of SCSI interfaces—for examp...
, a low-cost chipset implementing a SCSI
SCSI

Small Computer System Interface, or SCSI , is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices....
 interface to storage devices, could be found in Unix
Unix

Unix is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of American Telephone & Telegraph employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson , Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna....
 machines such as the MIPS Magnum
MIPS Magnum

The MIPS Magnum was a line of computer workstations designed by MIPS Technologies and based on the MIPS architecture series of RISC microprocessors....
, embedded devices, and personal computers.

In home computer
Home computer

A home computer was a class of personal computer entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. They were marketed to consumers as accessible personal computers, more capable than video game consoles....
s, game consoles and arcade game hardware of the 1980s and 1990s, the term chipset was used for the custom audio
Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanics inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects....
 and graphics
Graphics

Graphics are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain....
 chips. Examples include the Commodore Amiga's Original Chip Set
Original Amiga chipset

The Original Chip Set was a chipset used in the earliest Commodore International Amiga computers and defined the Amiga's graphics and sound capabilities....
 or SEGA
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
's System 16 chipset.

Major x86 chipsets and their manufacturers

  • ALi
    Acer Laboratories Incorporated

    Acer Laboratories Incorporated is a major designer and manufacturer of integrated circuits for the personal computer and embedded systems markets....


  • AMD


  • ATI
    Ati

    As a word, Ati may refer to:* Ati, Chad, a town in Chad* Ati , a Negrito ethnic group in the Philippines** Ati-Atihan Festival, an annual celebration held in the Philippines...
     (acquired by AMD in 2006) developed chipsets for Intel and AMD processors, as well as graphics processors:
    • Chipsets for AMD processors:
      • AMD 790FX, 790X, 790GX, 780V, 780, 770
        AMD 700 chipset series

        The AMD 700 chipset series is a set of current and upcoming chipsets designed by ATI Technologies for Advanced Micro Devices Phenom processors to be sold under the AMD brand....
      • AMD 690
        AMD 690 chipset series

        The AMD 690 chipset series is a chipset family developed and manufactured by AMD subsidiary ATI Technologies for the AMD platform. It's focused on both desktop and mobile computing markets....
        , AMD M690 (mobile)
      • AMD 580X CrossFire
        Crossfire

        A crossfire is a military term for the siting of weapons so that their arcs of fire overlap. This tactic came to prominence in World War ISiting weapons this way is an example of the application of the defensive principle of mutual support....
      • AMD 570X CrossFire
      • AMD 480X CrossFire
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (with integrated graphics for AMD Notebooks)
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 (with integrated graphics)
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 200
        Xpress 200

        The Radeon Xpress 200 is a computer chipset released by ATI Technologies. The chipset supports AMD64 processors as well as supporting Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D and Celeron processors ....
        , 200M (mobile) (with integrated graphics)
      • ATI SB600 (southbridge
        Southbridge (computing)

        The Southbridge, also known as an Input/output Controller Hub or a Platform Controller Hub in Intel systems , is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture....
        )
    • Chipsets for Intel processors:
      • ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 (for Intel Core 2 Duo)
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 (with integrated graphics for Notebooks)
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (with integrated graphics for Notebooks)
      • ATI Radeon Xpress 200, 200M (integrated graphics for Notebooks)
      • ATI SB600 Series (southbridge)
    • Graphics processors:
      • ATI Radeon HD 3800, HD 3600, HD 3400, HD 2900, HD 2700, HD 2600 XT, HD 2600, HD 2400, HD 2300
      • ATI Radeon X2300, X1950, X1900, X1800, X1650, X1600, X1550, X1300, X1050
      • ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3600, HD 3400, HD 2700, HD 2600 XT, HD 2600, HD 2400 XT
      • ATI Mobility Radeon X2500, X1900, X1800, X1700, X1600, X1450, X1400, X1350, X1300
      • ATI Mobility Radeon 9800, 9700, 9600, 9550, 9200, 9000, 7500
      • ATI Mobility Radeon
      • ATI Mobility FireGL V7800, V5200, V5000, V3100
      • ATI Mobility FireGL T2
      • ATI Mobility FireGL 9000


  • Intel produces chipsets for its own line of processors:
    • i845E/GV: Bus 533 MHz, AGP4x, 2GB DDR PC2700 max
    • i850e, i855G (855GME for the Pentium M
      Pentium M

      The Pentium M brand refers to only two single-core 32-bit x86 microprocessors introduced in March 2003 , and forming a part of the Intel Centrino platform....
      )
    • i865G/P: (4 GiB
      Gib

      Gib may refer to:* A castrated male cat or ferret* Gibibit , a unit of information used, for example, to quantify computer memory or storage capacity...
       dual-channel DDR, 533 MHz FSB, AGP8x, serial ATA
      Serial ATA

      The Serial ATA computer bus is a storage-interface for connecting Host adapter to mass storage devices .Conceptually, SATA is a 'wire replacement' for the older AT Attachment standard ....
      )
    • i875p = optimized i865
    • E7205 (for Pentium 4
      Pentium 4

      The Pentium 4 brand refers to Intel's line of single-core mainstream Desktop computer and laptop central processing units introduced on November 20, 2000 ....
       servers), E7500/E7501/E7505 (for Xeon servers)), E7520/E7525/E7530 (for dual Xeon servers)
    • 910GML/GMZ, 915GM/PM, 945PM/GM
      • 945PM/GM + Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG + Intel Core Solo = Centrino
        Centrino

        Centrino is a platform-marketing initiative from Intel. It is not a mobile CPU - rather, the term covers a particular combination of mainboard chipset, mobile Central processing unit and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop....
         (third generation)
      • 945PM/GM + Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG + Intel Core Duo = Centrino Duo
    • 910GL, 915P/PL/G/GL/GV, 925X/XE, 945P/PL/G/GZ, 955X (for Pentium D
      Pentium D

      The Pentium D brand refers to two series of desktop dual-core 64-bit x86 CPU with the NetBurst microarchitecture manufactured by Intel Corporation....
      /XE)
    • 963Q, 965P/G/Q, 975X (for Intel Core 2 Duo)
    • P35
      Intel P35

      The P35 is a mainstream desktop computer chipset from Intel released in June 2007, although motherboards featuring the chipset were available a month earlier....
       Express (for Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme)
    • Intel G31 Express (supports DDR2, officially supports up to 1066 MHz System Bus)
    • Intel G33 Express (supports DDR2 and DDR3)
    • Intel G35 Express (supports only DDR2)
    • Intel X38
    • Intel X48
    • Intel P43
    • Intel G43
    • Intel P45
      Intel P45

      The P45 Express is a mainstream desktop computer chipset from Intel released in Q2 2008. The first mainboards featuring the P45 Chipset were shown at CeBit 2008....
    • Intel G45
    • (Q4 2008) Intel X58
      Intel X58

      The Intel X58 is an Intel Corporation chip designed to connect Intel processors with Intel QuickPath Interconnect interface to peripheral devices....
    • (Q3 2009) Intel PCH
      Platform Controller Hub

      Platform Controller Hub is a planned southbridge from Intel. It will replace the ICH10 in mainstream mobile and desktop Intel Core i7 computers....


  • NVIDIA
    NVIDIA

    Nvidia is a multinational corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processing unit technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices....
     produces chipsets for AMD and Intel processors, as well as graphics processors:
    • Chipsets:
      • nForce
        NForce

        The nForce is a motherboard chipset created by Nvidia for AMD Athlon and Duron microprocessors. The chipset shipped in 3 varieties; 220, 415, and 420....
         1
      • nForce2
        NForce2

        The nForce2 chipset was released by Nvidia in July 2002 as a refresh to the original nForce product offering. The nForce2 chipset was a platform for motherboards supporting AMD's Socket A CPUs along with DDR SDRAM....
        : Ultra 400Gb, Ultra 400R, Ultra 400.
      • nForce3
        NForce3

        The nForce3 chipset was created by Nvidia as a Media and Communications Processor. Specifically, it was designed for use with the Athlon 64 processor....
        : Go, Professional.
      • nForce4
        NForce4

        The nForce4 is a motherboard chipset released by Nvidia in October, 2004. The chipset supports AMD64 processors and Intel Corporation Pentium 4 Socket T processors....
        : SLI Intel, Series AMD, SLI/XE Ultra Intel, Intel x16.
      • nForce 500
        NForce 500

        The nForce 500 is a motherboard chipset series and the successor to the nForce4 series. It was revealed by NVIDIA on 2006-03-07 and released on 2006-05-23....
        : 520, SLI/570/550 AMD, 590SLI AMD, 570 SLI Intel , 590 SLI Intel.
      • nForce 600
        NForce 600

        The nForce 600 chipset was released in the first half of November 2006, coinciding with the GeForce 8 series launch on November 8, 2006. The nForce 600 supports Intel's LGA775 socket and Advanced Micro Devices's AMD Quad FX platform and replaces the nForce 500 series....
        : 650i, SLI/650i Ultra, 680a SLI, 680 SLI/680i LT SLI.
      • nForce 700
        NForce 700

        The nForce 700 is a chipset series designed by Nvidia first released in December 2007. The series supports both Intel Core 2 and Advanced Micro Devices Phenom processors, and replaces the nForce 600 series chipsets....
        : 780i SLI, 790i SLI
    • Graphics cards:
      • TNT: TNT2 Pro, TNT2 Ultra, TNT2 Model 64 (M64), TNT Model 64 (M64) Pro
      • Vanta, Vanta LT
      • GeForce 256
        GeForce 256

        The GeForce 256 was the first of Nvidia's "GeForce" product-line. Released on August 31 1999, the GeForce 256 improved on its predecessor by increasing the number of fixed pixel pipelines, offloading host geometry calculations to a transform and lighting engine, and adding hardware motion compensation for MPEG-2 video....
      • GeForce 2: GTS, Pro, TI, Ultra, MX, MX100, MX200, MX400, MX Integrated graphics
      • GeForce 3: TI200, TI500
      • GeForce 4: MX 420, MX440, MX440-SE, MX460, MX Integrated graphics, MX 4000, TI 4200, TI4400, TI4600, TI4800, TI4800SE
      • GeForce 5: FX5100, FX5200, FX 5200LE, FX 5200 Ultra, FX5500, FX5600, FX5600 Ultra, FX5600 SE, FX5600 XT, FX5700, FX5700 VE, FX5700 Ultra, FX5700 LE, FX5800, FX5800 Ultra, FX5900, FX5900 Ultra, FX5900 XT, FX5900 ZT, FX5950 Ultra, PCX 5300, PCX 5750, PCX 5900
      • GeForce 6
        GeForce 6 Series

        The GeForce 6 Series is Nvidia's sixth generation of GeForce graphics processing units. All of them support Vertex and Pixel shader version 3.0, as required under the Microsoft DirectX 9.0c specification....
        : 6100, 6150 LE, 6150, 6200, 6200 LE, 6200 TC, 6200 SE TC, 6500, 6600, 6600 LE, 6600 VE, 6600 GT, 6610 XL, 6700 XL, 6800, 6800 LE, 6800 XE, 6800 XT, 6800 GS, 6800 GT, 6800 Ultra
      • GeForce 7
        GeForce 7 Series

        The GeForce 7 Series is the seventh generation of Nvidia's GeForce graphics processing units. It is the last series to feature support for AGP....
        : 7100 GS, 7200 GS, 7300 LE, 7300 SE, 7300 GS, 7300 GT, 7500 LE, 7600 GS, 7600 GT, 7800 GS, 7800 GT, 7800GTX, 7900 GS, 7900 GTO, 7900 GT, 7900 GTX, 7950 GX2
      • GeForce 8
        GeForce 8 Series

        The GeForce 8 Series is the eighth generation of NVIDIA's GeForce graphics processing units. The series also represents the third fundamentally new GPU design developed at NVIDIA as well as the company's first Unified_shader_model#Unified_Shading_Architecture....
        : 8300 GS, 8400 GS, 8500 GT, 8600 GT, 8600 GTS, 8800 GT, 8800 GTS, 8800 GTX, 8800 Ultra
      • GeForce 9
        GeForce 9 Series

        The GeForce 9 Series is the ninth generation of NVIDIA GeForce series of graphics processing units, the first of which was released on February 21, 2008....
        : 9800GX2
      • GeForce 200
        GeForce 200 Series

        The GeForce GTX 200 Series is the tenth generation of NVIDIA's GeForce graphics processing units. The series also represents the continuation of the company's Unified Shader Architecture introduced with the GeForce 8 Series and the GeForce 9 Series....
        : GTX 280, GTX 260, GTX 295
      • Quadro 2: MXR, DCC, PRO, EX
      • Quadro 4: 200, 400 NVS, 380, 500, 550, 580, 700, 750, 780, 900, 980 XGL
      • Quadro FX: 330, 350, 500, 540, 550, 560, 600, 700, 1000, 1100, 1300, 1400, 1500, 2000, 3000, 3000G, 3400, 3450, 3500, 4000 SDI, 4400, 4400G, 4500, 4500SDI, 4500X2, 5500, 5500SDI
      • Quadro NVS: 200, 210s, 280, 280SD, 400, 440, 280PCI, 285


  • Silicon Integrated Systems
    Silicon Integrated Systems

    Silicon Integrated Systems is a company that manufactures, among other things, motherboard chipsets. The company was founded in 1987 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan....
     produces chipsets for Intel and AMD processors (and formerly for Cyrix
    Cyrix

    Cyrix was a Central processing unit manufacturer that began in 1988 in Richardson, Texas as a specialist supplier of high-performance math coprocessors for Intel 80286 and Intel 80386 systems....
     processors):
    • SiS 645, 648
    • SiS 650, 651, 655, M672
    • SiS 735, 740, 760


  • VIA Technologies
    VIA Technologies

    VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, Central processing unit, and computer memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group....
     produces chipsets for Intel and AMD
    Advanced Micro Devices

    Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an United States multinational corporation semiconductor industry company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops Central processing unit and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets....
     processors:
    • VIA KT133, KT133A
    • VIA KT266A: FSB 200/266 MHz, AGP4x
    • VIA KT333
    • VIA Apollo KT400A
    • VIA P4X400
    • VIA K8T400M


See also

  • Northbridge
    Northbridge (computing)

    The northbridge, also known as a memory controller hub or an integrated memory controller in Intel systems , is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the Southbridge ....
  • Southbridge
    Southbridge (computing)

    The Southbridge, also known as an Input/output Controller Hub or a Platform Controller Hub in Intel systems , is a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture....