Motherboards connecting technology to the world -

Sunday, March 20, 2011
Hi I’m KG the Techie….
Welcome again to my area of blog domain, this blog is merely going to share with you my interest and favorite part of the Personal Computer Technology; “ The Motherboard” . I tell you, rather you believe this or not, we should pay some attention to the Motherboard, for it’s the central part of the computer, without it, there would be no computer technology. All the computer calculations are done on the Motherboard. Everything that connects to the computer is actually connected to the motherboard. Hmm, makes one think, why the Motherboard is call the mother of all boards. Well to be technical correct about it, the motherboard is also call the system board and for you Apple users it’s call the Logic board. But it seems people is still stuck on the words “Motherboards” . I tell you, I understand why, I mean really society view mothers as the ones that keeps things together, So why not call the system board the Motherboard, after all, it’s keeps everything connected it together. Let check out what the technologies resides on the motherboards.
Motherboards has been a-part of the computer history really since the birth of IC(Integrated Circuit) also a place for the brain of the computer to house which is call the CPU (Central Processing Unit) or Processor for short. Don’t forget storage, yeah in the computer, there is all kind of Storage house on or connected to the Motherboard. Back in the 70s the backplane was mainly used just for holding wires together, then came the 80’s. I speculate IBM really had something to do with the growth of the motherboard. But you can’t rule out Apple. The technology just got better and better, the Motherboard was used to hold more IC Chips call (Super I/O) for many things we take for granted today, like sound, video, and modem connectivity, and also even network interface cards, build right into the Motherboard. You really have to give props to the technology. I mean really, not only legacy devices has a place to connect to, also Plug and Play devices had a place to as well. The Motherboard bridged the union between every piece of technology we have connected to it. Yes even your webcam. “HeHe”
Wow, it’s amazing to see really how this piece technology effects our computer life experiences. I tell you, it’s really a exciting to how it all works. I have favorite types of Motherboard Brands I like, merely because I used them for a long time. What is the considered to be a life of a single Motherboard? That is a good question, well I feel you really have do research and find out. But with saying that, in my 2 cents worth, I would say about 5 years. The reason I say 5 years because, you have to consider the growth rate of technology, also when you need to update the bios on the board itself. Oh lawd, did I say “Bios”, well I need to save that for other blog time (”hehehe”), but I tell you, the bios is the firmware on the Motherboard itself. At any-rate, we should all pay great attention to the legacy of the Motherboard; it is truly the Tech in Computers even to this day. Well folks this my 2 cents in Technology. Tune in next time for more blogging from me, this is fun stuff. 