Northbridge

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

In computing, a northbridge (also host bridge, or memory controller hub) is a microchip that comprises the core logic chipset architecture on motherboards to handle high-performance tasks, especially for older personal computers.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Northbridge (computing)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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