Wednesday, July 23, 2008

FSB

What is meant by System Bus ?
1.The primary pathway between the CPU and memory. The speed is derived from the number of parallel channels (16 bit, 32 bit, etc.) and clock speed. Also known as a "frontside bus," it is faster than the peripheral bus (PCI, ISA, etc.), but slower than the backside bus.
2.The primary pathway between the CPU and peripherals.

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