Reply To: OCU C)HT B Discussion Lesson 02
The motherboard is the spine of the whole computer that brings everything together. These motherboards consist of a north and south bridge that connects everything to the CPU and distributes power to the connecting parts. The north bridge is the faster side of the motherboard that connects to the CPU, GPU, and RAM while the south bridge is a slower branch of the north bridge that’s for the additional slots and ports on the motherboard. CPUs on the other hand are the brains of the computer that has an ALU that “performs all the arithmetic and logic operations” and “the control unit which fetches instructions from memory, decodes, and executes them,” with the ALU on standby according to the textbook. I just built my first PC about a month ago (which I’m now using to complete this assignment) so I’ve also learned that it’s also important to make sure that the CPU and motherboard are compatible because they could be designed for other parts. So in conclusion, the CPU runs everything while the motherboard is the connector of all the parts.