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North bridge and south bridge North bridge Transfer data between CPU and memory/AGP More expensive, faster and complicated South bridge Transfer data between I/O buses and devices Cheap, slow and cheap The communication between I/O and CPU CPU don’t access I/O device directly Some special mechanisms are designed for the link between north bridge and south bridge (DMA, I/O channel) Intel Hub Architecture, SIS Multithread(妙渠) Operating System CITS, NanKai University * Operating System CITS, NanKai University * Thanks for your time!Questions Answers CITS, NanKai University Operating System Chap