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northbridgenoun
A microchip connected directly to the CPU (unlike the southbridge) and thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance.
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Northbridge
The northbridge or host bridge was one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a computer motherboard, used to manage data communications between a CPU and a motherboard. It is supposed to be paired with a second support chip known as a southbridge. The northbridge has historically been one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a PC motherboard, the other being the southbridge. Increasingly these functions have migrated to the CPU chip itself, beginning with memory and graphics controllers. For Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD Accelerated Processing Unit processors introduced in 2011, all of the functions of the northbridge reside on the CPU. When a separate northbridge is employed in older Intel systems, it is named memory controller hub or integrated memory controller hub if equipped with an integrated VGA. Separating the different functions into the CPU, northbridge, and southbridge chips was due to the difficulty of integrating all components onto a single chip. In some instances, the northbridge and southbridge functions have been combined onto one die when design complexity and fabrication processes permitted it; for example, the Nvidia GeForce 320M in the 2010 Macbook Air is a northbridge/southbridge/GPU combo chip.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of northbridge in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of northbridge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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