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Northbridge

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000821

A microchip on a computer's motherboard that traditionally managed communication between the central processing unit (CPU) and high-speed components. It acted as the primary controller for the memory bus, the PCI Express bus for graphics cards, and the connection to the southbridge. In modern computer architectures, the functions of the northbridge have been integrated into the CPU itself.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000821
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectHardware
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Northbridge",
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  "definition": "A microchip on a computer's motherboard that traditionally managed communication between the central processing unit (CPU) and high-speed components. It acted as the primary controller for the memory bus, the PCI Express bus for graphics cards, and the connection to the southbridge. In modern computer architectures, the functions of the northbridge have been integrated into the CPU itself.",
  "subject": "Hardware",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/northbridge/"
}

Record 907 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.