SouthBridge chip (SouthBridge) is an important part of the motherboard chipset, generally located on the motherboard away from the CPU slot farther below the front of the PCI, that is, by the side of the front of the main chassis, the layout of this is to take into account that it connects to the I / O bus is more far from the processor is conducive to wiring.
A computer motherboard to the CPU socket for the north, near the CPU socket of a connected chip called "North Bridge chip", English name: NorthBridgeChipset. North Bridge chip is the motherboard from the CPU the nearest chip, which is mainly to take into account the North Bridge chip and the processor communication between the closest. The NorthBridge chip is the closest chip to the CPU on the motherboard.
The NorthBridge chip is the closest chip to the CPU on the motherboard.