Historic bridges · South West England
West Bridge
In or near Allington.
West Bridge — Grade II listed building-listed bridge in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–30 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
West Bridge is a Grade II listed building-listed bridge in england-south-west, United Kingdom, registered on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE entry 1279191). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.
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Heritage listing
The West Bridge is a growing architectural approach, originally developed by Cypress Semiconductor, which enhances and modularizes a peripheral controller in an embedded computer architecture. Conceptually, the West Bridge parallels and complements the decentralization represented by the North Bridge and the South Bridge. Most notably, it has been used by Research in Motion to permit extremely high data transfer rates in its BlackBerry devices.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Dorset Coast SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The West Bridge is a growing architectural approach, originally developed by Cypress Semiconductor, which enhances and modularizes a peripheral controller in an embedded computer architecture. Conceptually, the West Bridge parallels and complements the decentralization represented by the North Bridge and the South Bridge. Most notably, it has been used by Research in Motion to permit extremely high data transfer rates in its BlackBerry devices.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
While the North Bridge focuses on memory control and the South Bridge focuses on the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard, the West Bridge focuses on peripheral control. The new architectural modularization opens up the potential for increased system performance. Being directly connected, peripheral control can be handled wholly and independently through a West Bridge controller, leaving a processor offloaded and free to focus on other data-intensive operations. While it enhances the system's performance via the processor, a West Bridge companion chip may also serve directly as a peripheral accelerator.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.7344, -2.7628
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Bridport
- Postcode
- DT6 3QX
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dorset
- Official site
- www.neilbarnes.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q26568429 (CC0)
- wikipedia: West Bridge (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is West Bridge?
- West Bridge is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode DT6 3QX), in the parish of Bridport.
- What is West Bridge?
- West Bridge — Grade II listed building-listed bridge in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to West Bridge?
- Drivers can use postcode DT6 3QX.
- Is West Bridge a listed building?
- West Bridge is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is West Bridge a protected site?
- Yes — West Bridge is part of the West Dorset Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset National Landscape (AONB).
- Is West Bridge free to visit?
- Yes, West Bridge is free to enter.
- How do I get to West Bridge?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DT6 3QX. It sits within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency.