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Intel's '''Communication Streaming Architecture''' ('''CSA''') was a mechanism used in the [[Intel Hub Architecture]] to increase the bandwidth available between a network card and the CPU. It consists of connecting directly the network controller to the [[Memory Controller Hub]] ([[northbridge]]), instead of to the [[I/O Controller Hub]] (southbridge) through the [[PCI]] bus, which was the common practice until that point.

Intel's '''Communication Streaming Architecture''' ('''CSA''') is a mechanism

used in the [[Intel Hub Architecture]] to increase the bandwidth available

The technology was only used in Intel chipsets released in 2003, and was largely seen as a stop-gap measure to allow [[Gigabit Ethernet]] chips to run at full-speed until the arrival of a faster expansion bus (it was also used to connect the [[Wireless networking]] chips in Intel's [[Centrino]] mobile platform). To Intel's credit though, CSA-connected Ethernet chips did show consistently higher transfer rates than comparable PCI cards.

between a network card and the CPU. It consists of connecting directly the

network controller to the [[Memory Controller Hub]] ([[northbridge]]),

The following year, [[PCI Express]] replaced CSA as the method of connecting network chips in Intel's chipsets, and the technology was subsequently discontinued.

instead of to the [[I/O Controller Hub]] (southbridge).

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