Chipset

1. A designated group of microchips that are designed to work with one or more related functions that were first introduced in 1987. When referring to the the main motherboard chipset such as the Intel Chipsets, these chipsets will generally include the functions of the CPU, PCI, ISA, USB, etc... An example of an Intel chipset is the i820 or the Intel 820 chipset.
2. Chips or Chips and Technologies is also a computer company. See our chips company information page for additional information about this company.

Also see: Motherboard definitions, North bridge, South bridge