An Intel chipset provides the buses and electronics to allow the CPU, RAM and I/O devices to interact. Most Intel chipsets, which are contained on two to four chips, also include built-in IDE support.

If you’ve ever been looking at motherboards and seen terms like “Intel Z790” or “AMD X670” but didn’t have a clue what they meant, those are motherboard chipsets. Acting as the central ...

The primary components on a PC motherboard are the PC chipset, CPU, memory, clock, buses and BIOS. See Intel chipsets. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...