Intel's ICH10 I/O Controller Hubs provide extensive I/O support with functions and capabilities that include PCI Express, PCI Local Bus, ACPI power management, enhanced DMA controller, interrupt ...
Chipset architecture used to be split into two main chips: the Northbridge for fast stuff like the CPU and RAM, and the ...
Intel brought its mainstream desktop CPU lineup into the Nehalem era today with the launch of the Core i7 860 and 870, and the Core i5 750. Also launched today is the P55 chipset, which implements a ...
Once the processor is running and memory has been initialized, timers and devices must be started up and a memory map laid out. Only then, can the OS be loaded. In the first part of this article, I ...