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Figure 5-2 Data bus and address bus extended

Early motherboards were covered in controller chips. Figure 5-3 shows a

very early motherboard, absolutely covered in controller chips (as well as

many other chips).

Figure 5-3 Early motherboard, loaded with chips

Over time, chip manufacturers began to combine multiple controllers into

specifically designed chipsets. Early chipsets such as the Intel 430VX shown

in Figure 5-4 consisted of two paired chips called the northbridge and

southbridge.

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