Yav dhau los, lub chipset muaj ntau lub chips, uas tau maj mam txo mus rau ob chips. Hauv computer teb, lo lus" chipset" feem ntau yog hais txog cov chips ntawm lub computer motherboard lossis expansion card. Thaum tham txog cov khoos phis tawj ntawm tus kheej raws li Intel' s Pentium-chav processors, lo lus chipset feem ntau yog hais txog ob lub ntsiab chips ntawm motherboard: North Bridge thiab South Bridge.
Cov chaw tsim khoom ntawm cov chipset tuaj yeem, thiab feem ntau yog cov chaw tsim khoom ywj pheej ntawm motherboard. Piv txwv li, PC motherboard chipsets suav nrog NVIDIA's nForce chipset thiab VIA's KT880, ob qho tib si tsim rau AMD processors, lossis Intel ntau lub chipsets. Microcontroller chipsets tau qhia ntau xyoo, xws li SiS 730. Tab sis nws tsis yog' t txog rau tam sim no uas nForce 4 tau nrov. Tam sim no ib lub nti teeb tsis nyuaj li yav dhau los, vim tias Athlon 64 muaj lub cim xeeb ua ke, uas hloov cov haujlwm ntawm sab qaum teb choj.
Txawm hais tias lub chipset dhau los ua ib lub tshuab microcomputer, nws yog kev cai siv lub npe qub. Nws tuaj yeem raug cais raws li kev siv, tus naj npawb ntawm cov chips, thiab qib ntawm kev sib koom ua ke. Muaj peev xwm muab faib ua vaj huam sib luag, raws li tus naj npawb ntawm cov chips tuaj yeem muab faib ua tus qauv South Choj thiab North Choj chipset [Ntawm lawv, North Choj chips ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb, tseem hu ua tus tswv choj (Host Bridge). ] Thiab ntau lub chipsets (tsuas yog siv rau high-end servers / workstations), raws li qib ntawm kev koom ua ke yog muab faib ua chipsets integrated thiab non-integrated chipsets thiab lwm yam. Lub motherboard chipset txiav txim siab yuav luag tag nrho cov haujlwm ntawm lub motherboard. Northbridge nti muab kev txhawb nqa rau CPU hom thiab lub ntsiab zaus, qhov system cache kev txhawb nqa, motherboard system tsheb npav zaus, kev tswj hwm kev nco (nco hom, muaj peev xwm thiab kev ua haujlwm), daim npav daim npav qhov tshwj xeeb, ISA / PCI / AGP qhov, ECC kho qhov kev txhawb nqa tsis raug; Sab Qab Teb Choj nti muab kev txhawb nqa I / O, KBC (Keyboard Controller), RTC (Lub Sijhawm Lub Sijhawm Clock Controller), USB (Universal Serial Bus), Ultra DMA / 33 (66) EIDE cov ntaub ntawv kis tau tus mob thiab ACPI (advanced zog tswj) kev txhawb nqa, thiab txiav txim seb hom thiab tus naj npawb ntawm expansion slots, hom thiab tus naj npawb ntawm expansion interfaces; lub chipset sib xyaw ua ke zoo heev txhim kho qhov kev ntseeg tau ntawm lub kaw lus nti, txo qhov ua tsis tiav, thiab txo cov nqi tsim khoom. Piv txwv li, qee cov chipsets uas suav nrog kev ua haujlwm xws li 3D nrawm cov zaub (cov duab sib xyaw ua ke) thiab AC' 97 suab decoding kuj txiav txim siab qhov kev ua tau zoo thiab lub suab ua haujlwm ntawm lub khoos phis tawj.