A-13
The permanent
memory of a computer


Motherboards connect all
devices in a computer
Comprised of many
individual circuit traces
grouped together to form
busses.
Trace
Device
Device
Bus
 The system bus is also called the front
side bus (FSB)
 The higher the FSB, the faster the machine
Processor
FSB
North
Bridge
(GMCH)
CPU
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

CPU right hand
Northbridge left hand
Front Side Bus is your head

The Chipset is a combination of the North
and Southbridge.

Northbridge handles high speed (i.e. CPU)

Southbridge handles slow speed (i.e. keyboard)
1. Form Factor
2. FSB Speed
Case
3. Chipset
Motherboard
4. CPU (Central Processing Unit, the brain of the computer) Socket Type
5. Ram Type (Random Access Memory, the temporary memory, is volatile)
6. Expansion
System memory
Processor
FSB/Host Bus
VGA
PCIe x16 Bus
System management bus
North
Bridge
(GMCH)
DMI
PCIe x1
South
Bridge
(ICH)
LAN
PCI Bus
Audio
Clock
Generator
LPC bus
USB
Host clock
IDE
FWH
PCI clock
SIO
USB clock
SATA
KB
Hublink clock
Mouse
Floppy
Serial
Parallel
Visual Vocab
Word
Meaning
Motherboard
Connects all
parts
FSB
Front side
bus
Chipset
North and
south
bridges
RAM
Random
Access
Memory
CPU
Central
Processing
Unit
Trace
Wire pathway
Form Factor
How parts fit
in a
computer
Image
1.Write your names on the front (on blank paper).
2.Draw each part of the motherboard.
3.Label each part in pen.
4.Color each part.
5.Use the handout as reference.
First do your vocab and lab write-up!