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OCR: COM PUTER ARCHITECTUR F InfoWeb he Mo thei rboa rd How op the chips fit togetheri to make computer? Inside the system unit, chips are housed on circuit board called the main board or motherboard If you look carefully corr iputer circuit board you'll s see that some chips are soldered that is fused to the board, but Motherl board: sother chips are plugged into the board and can be removed. Soldered chips are permanent and aren't likely work loose Remoy able chips allow you upgrade your computer components Ina microcomputer. the motherboard contains the proce essor chip the chips for computer memory pue ch ips that handle basic input and output. Circuits etched into the mother- board act like wires providing path 50 the compute can transport data from one to another as needed for processing ...