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A motherboard (sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, planar board or logic board) is a printed circuit board (PCB) found in all modern computers which holds many of the crucial components of the system, such as the central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals.
Motherboard specifically refers to a PCB with expansion capability. The term mainboard is applied to devices with a single board and no additional expansions or capability. In modern terms this would include controlling boards in televisions, washing machines and other embedded systems.
Prior to the advent of the microprocessor, a computer was usually built in a card-cage case or mainframe with components connected by a backplane consisting of a set of slots themselves connected with wires; in very old designs the wires were discrete connections between card connector pins, but printed circuit boards soon became the standard practice. The Central Processing Unit,…
ASRock Inc., the global leading motherboard manufacturer today proudly announced its first AMD 890FX motherboard, 890FX Deluxe3, now supporting AMD’s upcoming PhenomII X6 processor. This board comes with everything essential,…
ASUS announced a full range of motherboards that are ready to support the upcoming six-core AMD® Phenom™ II X6 processors to herald a new era in ultra-powerful personal computing. The…
Ontario, Calif., June 3, 2008 – Budget-minded gaming enthusiasts no longer need to sacrifice performance for price with the introduction of the XFX NVIDIA® GeForce® 8200 motherboard with onboard. Delivering…
It has come to our attention that a certain Taiwanese Motherboard Manufacturer has made false claims against ASUS motherboards. These claims have given rise to false information being communicated in…
Taipei, Taiwan, April 4, 2008 – Catering to users who require extreme graphical support and robust performance, ASUS, leading producer of motherboards, has today released the new ASUS Crosshair II…
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