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chipsets specifically designed to interface with AMD processors. In 2006, AMD purchased ATI,
essentially bringing both motherboard chipsets and video processors in-house. This put AMD on a
level more equal to Intel because it gave the company the capability to produce most of the chips
necessary to build a system around its processors. Since then, AMD and NVIDIA have produced the
majority of chipsets for AMD-based systems, and, since the withdrawal of NVIDIA from the chipset
business in 2010, AMD is now the only vendor of chipsets for its processors.
AMD Athlon Chipsets
The original AMD Athlon was a Slot A processor chip, but subsequent versions used Socket A—as
do the Athlon XP, Duron, and some versions of the Sempron. Although similar in some ways to the
Pentium III and Celeron, the AMD chips use a different interface and require different chipsets. AMD
was originally the only supplier for Athlon chipsets, but VIA Technology, ULi Electronics, SiS, and
NVIDIA produced a large number of chipsets with a range of features.
AMD produced several chipsets for Athlon and Duron processors: the AMD-750 and AMD-
760/MP/MPX. The major features of these chipsets are compared in Table 4.30 and described in
greater detail in the following sections.
Table 4.30. AMD Athlon/Duron Processor Chipsets Using North/South Bridge Architecture
 
 
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