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categories:
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- Computer Architecture
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- Hardware
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tags: [motherboard]
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# Chipset and controllers
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A **controller** is simply a circuit that controls a process. The **chipset** is
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a combination of controllers placed on the same piece of silicon.
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The chipset manages the data flow between the different components that comprise
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the [motherboard](/Electronics_and_Hardware/Motherboard.md): processor,
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[memory](/Computer_Architecture/Memory/Memory.md),
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[harddisk](/Operating_Systems/Disks/What_are_disks.md) and peripherals.
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Buses run in and out of the chipset into these key motherboard components. The
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main chipset is a kind of junction that sits between the memory and CPU through
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which the [system bus](/Computer_Architecture/Bus.md) passes.
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The chipset is sometimes called the "glue" or "traffic controller" of the
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motherboard or _an intelligent intersection of buses_.
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