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integrated circuit
Last modified: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 

Another name for a chip, an integrated circuit (IC) is a small electronic device made out of a semiconductor material. The first integrated circuit was developed in the 1950s by Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor.

Integrated circuits are used for a variety of devices, including microprocessors, audio and video equipment, and automobiles. Integrated circuits are often classified by the number of transistors and other electronic components they contain:

  • SSI (small-scale integration): Up to 100 electronic components per chip
  • MSI (medium-scale integration): From 100 to 3,000 electronic components per chip
  • LSI (large-scale integration): From 3,000 to 100,000 electronic components per chip
  • VLSI (very large-scale integration): From 100,000 to 1,000,000 electronic components per chip
  • ULSI (ultra large-scale integration): More than 1 million electronic components per chip
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    Integrated circuit index 
    This is Questlink Technology's IC index. It contains information about thousands of integrated circuits including company profiles, contact information, product briefs, and a growing number of downloadable datasheets for hundreds of manufacturers. Search by part number, function or manufacturer or find product comparisons across manufacturers and between like products.

    QuestLink Technology Inc.'s home page 
    QuestLink's IC Index offers information about thousands of integrated circuits. In addition, there are links to a company profile, contact information, product briefs, and a growing number of datasheets for hundreds of manufacturers.

    FOCAM Technologies
    Home page of FOCAM Technologies, a microelectronics engineering company specializing in analog, mixed-signal and digital integrated circuit design, and chip supply.

    Roots of the Processor: Digital Logic and the Semiconductor
    Describes the fundamentals of how digital logic and circuits work. This page is from "The PC Guide".

    Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMCS)
    Home page of SMSC, a global supplier of MOS/VLSI semiconductors and provider of integrated circuits for PC input/output and networking as well as embedded control systems.

    TDK Semiconductor Corp.
    Home page for TDK Semiconductor Corp., supplier of integrated circuits for communications markets.

    Yahoo!'s analog integrated circuits page
    Yahoo!'s directory of analog integrated circuits.

    Yahoo!'s digital integrated circuits institute page
    Yahoo!'s directory of digital integrated circuits.

    Yahoo!'s digital integrated circuits page
    Yahoo!'s directory of digital integrated circuits.

    Advanced Micro Devices Homepage
    AMD is a supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets and their home page provides links to product and company information, technical support, literature ordering, FAQs, and news.

    ATM Chip Web database
    Home page for The ATM Chip Database of the World Wide Web. It contains more than 130 descriptions of ATM chips (integrated circuits). You can search this database by keyword, vendor or product.

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