Motherboard chipsets explained, including why chipsets are needed and what they do, legacy Northbridge / Southbridge chipsets, and modern platform controller hubs. Plus information on current and recent Intel and AMD chipsets and their processor compatibilities.

My previous video “Explaining PCIe cards” is here:    • Explaining PCIe Slots  

And the web page where Intel describes a chipset is here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/...

If you enjoy this video you may also be interested in these earlier ExplainingComputers episodes:

“Explaining Intel & AMD CPUs”:
   • Explaining Intel & AMD CPUs  

“How do CPUs Work?”:
   • How Do CPUs Work?   and

“The big.LITTLE CPU Revolution”:
   • The big.LITTLE CPU Revolution: From A...  

More videos on computing and related topics can be found at    / explainingcomputers  

You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at:    / explainingthefuture  

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Motherboard interfaces
03:12 Chipset Evolution
06:18 Intel Chipsets
09:52 AMD Chipsets
11:46 The Silicon Backbone

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