ExplainingComputers | Explaining Motherboard Chipsets @ExplainingComputers | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 days ago.
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: youtube.com/watch?v=PrXwe21biJo&t=3s

And the web page where Intel describes a chipset is here: intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/resources/how-to-choose-a-motherboard.html

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

“Explaining Intel & AMD CPUs”:
youtube.com/watch?v=QcxNdXnahOM

“How do CPUs Work?”:
youtube.com/watch?v=jx-w2o-Lj8g and

“The big.LITTLE CPU Revolution”:
youtube.com/watch?v=IrBlWB2bxQU

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

You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at: youtube.com/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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