What is CHIPSET in computer ?

 CHIPSET IN COMPUTER

     A chipset is defined as a set of electronic components embedded on an integrated circuit in the computer system. The role of the chipset is to manage and control the flow of data between processor, memory, and peripherals. The chipset is located on the motherboard and is often is referred to as a core component of the Motherboard. It determines the performance of the system by controlling communication between the processor and external devices. Due to this, mostly the chipset design is limited to operating on a specific group of microprocessors

INTEL CHIPSET 915

      Intel chipset 915 was introduced in the year 2004. It belongs to Grantsdale Family and is hence code-named Grantsdale. There are five members in the Intel chipset 915 product Family. They Intel Chipset are 915PL,915P,915G,915GV, and 915GVL. These chipsets were the first who make use of the LGA775 socket processor interface. All the chipsets were manufactured using  Intel’s 90-nanometre technology (ie.,90 nm Pentium 4 Prescott core). The chipsets were optimized in order to use it with intel’s upcoming Hyperthreading technology. They supported bus speeds of 800MHz. One of the significant revolutions was the development of the PCI express. There are two different types of PCI express slots supported by 915 chipsets

S.NO	FEATURES	DESCRIPTION
1.	PCI express	It provides high-speed bidirectional connections between add on cards and chipset It supports two PCI express slots           a)  PCI Express X16- It has 16 lanes which provide performance up to 1600 MBPS in each direction           b) PCI Express X16- It has one lane which provides performance up to 100 MBPS in each direction
2.	Memory Type	It supports DDR2 memory of 400 MHz and 533 MHz. It also makes use of DDR Memory
3.	Audio	915 chipset is the first to support Intel’s High Audio (HDA) technology. It enables premium digital sound and delivers advanced features
4.	Storage Interface Ports	It supports second-generation SATA RAID. Improved storage performance through high speed, efficient storage interfaces support faster transfer rate to improved access
5.	I/O Controller hub	It supports the ICH6 family I/O controller hub.
6.	Inter Matrix Technology	It supports Intex Matrix storage technology

 

(i)  PCI Express X16-

      It has 16 lanes which provide performance up to 1600 MBPS in each direction

 (ii) PCI Express X16.

     It has one lane which provides performance up to 100 MBPS in each direction

Besides this, it also supports PCI version 2.3 bus master expansion slots. It supports a dual-channel DDR-2 type of memory. Later on advanced memory standard advanced DDR-2 was introduced which supported an enhanced speed of 533 MHz

915 G offers two options

It has Intel integrated graphics media accelerator 900 (900 GMA). GMA 900 supports the partial feature of direct X9 (ie., it doesn’t have pixel shaders in hardware and vertex shader in software) which is compatible with NVIDIA and ATI

It supports PCI express slot (PCI-X 16), while all the other chipsets do not support all the chipsets supported I/O controller hub ICH6 family.

INTEL CHIPSET 945

   Intel Chipset 945 was introduced in the year 2005 with lakeport as its codename. There are three models in the intel 945 chipset 

a) 945G
b) 0945 P
c) 945 PL 

   They have been mainly designed to support intel’s dual-core Pentium D processors. 945 G and 945 P can handle front-side bus speeds up to 1066 MHz and Dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 667 MHZ. They support the external Graphic interface PCI X16, which delivers enhanced bandwidth and also supports the latest graphics cards. Besides this, 945 G includes GMA 950 integrated graphics, which is an advanced version of GMA 900 

S NO.	Features	945 G	945 P	945 PL
1.	CPU	LGA 775	LGA 775	LGA 775
2.	CPU Front Side Bus (FSB)	1066 MHz	1066 MHz	800 MHz
3.	Memory Type	Dual-channel DDR 2 400/553/667	Dual-channel DDR 2 400/553/667	Dual-channel DDR 2 400/553/
4.	Maximum Memory Capacity	4 GB	4 GB	4 GB
5.	Integrated Graphics	GMA 950	NO	NO
6.	External Graphics	PCI Express X16	PCI Express X16	PCI Express X16
7.	I/O Controller hub	ICH7 Family	ICH7 Family	ICH7 Family
8.	Intel Matrix Storage technology	YES	NO	NO
9.	Storage interface ports	Serial ATA, SATA RAID 5, Matrix RAID	Serial ATA, SATA RAID 5, Matrix RAID	Serial ATA, SATA RAID 5, Matrix RAID

 

 

   In addition to providing improved Graphics. GMA 950 supports media expansion cards enabling the user to yield benefits of various video output options from a single card. All the 945 family chipset supported I/O controller Hub of ICH7 family

INTEL CHIPSET 965

The chipset was introduced in the year 2006 It belongs to the Broadwater family and hence codes named Grantsdale. It was mainly designed to feature intel core 2 processors such as dual-core and quad-core. The Intel chipset 965 series comprises four different models as discussed below. 

S.NO	Features	Q965	P965	G965
1.	CPU	LGA 775 core 2 DUO	LGA 775 core 2 DUO	LGA 775 core 2 DUO
2.	CPU Front Side Bus (FSB)	1066/800/553 MHz	1066/800/553 MHz	1066/800/553 MHz
3.	Memory Type	Dual-Channel DDR2667/533	Dual-Channel DDR2667/533	Dual-Channel DDR2667/533
4.	Intel Flex Memory Technology	YES	YES	YES
5.	External Graphics	PCI Express X16	PCI Express X16	PCI Express X16
6.	Audio Support	High definition Audio	High definition Audio	High definition Audio
7.	Integrated Graphics	GMA 3000	NO	GMA X 3000
8.	Maximum Memory Capacity	8 GB	8 GB	8 GB
9.	I/O Controller hub	ICH78 Family	ICH78 Family	ICH78 Family
10.	Memory Speed	667/533 MHz	800/667/533 MHz	800/667/533 MHz

 

 

(i) P965 

p965 chipset is mainly designed by emphasizing the needs of home users. It has improvised features like memory performance, power efficiency. data protection and system responsiveness. 

(ii)G965

 G965 chipset was introduced specially for the digital home which makes use of intel’s VIIV platform. It supports the most advanced integrated graphics module GMA 3000 series 

 (iii) Q965

   0965 chipset was specially designed for business users. It works under vpro platform. It incorporates the integrated graphics module GMA 3000 and supports the usage of discreet add-on video cards.

(iv) Q963 

chipset is a lower-end chipset in the 96 X family. It includes most of the features of (0965 but does not support the installation of the video cards.