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- noun computing, electronics A
secondary microchip connected to theCPU only through thenorthbridge .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Regular PCI slots will use the southbridge, which is slower than AGP because information sent to the southbridge must also pass through the northbridge, slowing things down. '
WoW.com 2009
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Such controllers combine functions of northbridge and southbridge typical in older PCs, including RAM access, I/O, and other functions, as well as integrated graphics.
Ars Technica Chris Foresman 2011
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The 870A-G54 is based on a combination of the AMD 870 northbridge and the SB850 southbridge.
Softpedia News - Global Sebastian Pop 2010
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Nvidia acquired the intellectual assets of its one-time rival 3dfx, one of the biggest graphics companies of the mid - to late-1990s. [citation needed] On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired ULI Electronics, which at the time supplied third-party southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI, Nvidia's competitor
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Built on a 65nm process, the new chipset uses the new SB850 southbridge.
DailyTech Main News Feed Jansen Ng 2010
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Naturally there's CPU core unlocking included and USB 3 support, and the SB850 southbridge provides six SATA 6Gbps ports too.
bit-tech.net Feed 2010
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Nvidia acquired the intellectual assets of its one-time rival 3dfx, one of the biggest graphics companies of the mid - to late-1990s. [citation needed] On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired ULI Electronics, which at the time supplied third-party southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI, Nvidia's competitor
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Nvidia acquired the intellectual assets of its one-time rival 3dfx, one of the biggest graphics companies of the mid - to late-1990s. [citation needed] On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired ULI Electronics, which at the time supplied third-party southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI, Nvidia's competitor
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Nvidia acquired the intellectual assets of its one-time rival 3dfx, one of the biggest graphics companies of the mid - to late-1990s. [citation needed] On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired ULI Electronics, which at the time supplied third-party southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI, Nvidia's competitor
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Nvidia acquired the intellectual assets of its one-time rival 3dfx, one of the biggest graphics companies of the mid - to late-1990s. [citation needed] On December 14, 2005, Nvidia acquired ULI Electronics, which at the time supplied third-party southbridge parts for chipsets to ATI, Nvidia's competitor
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