VLSI
noun[U]
electronics,computingspecializeduk/ˌviː.el.esˈaɪ/us/ˌviː.el.esˈaɪ/abbreviationforvery large-scaleintegration: theprocessof putting hundreds of thousands oftransistors(= verysmallpiecesofelectronicequipment)on asinglesiliconchip(= asmallpieceofsiliconthat is used incomputers,phones, etc.):
VLSIstartedwith hundreds of thousands oftransistorsin the early 1980s, andtransistorcountsnowcontinuetogrowbeyond tenbilliontransistorsperchip.
- Althoughprocessingpowerandstoragecapacitieshaveincreasedbeyond allrecognitionsince the 1970s, theunderlyingtechnologyof LSI or VLSImicrochipshasremainedessentiallythe same.
- Circuits used tocontaintransistorsnumberedin the tens, butdevelopmentleadto Large Scale Integration (LSI) (thousands), and VLSI (hundreds of thousands and beyond).
- Early LSI and VLSIdevices(such as themicroprocessorsof the early 1970s) weremostlycreatedbyhand.
Electrical components & circuitry
- armature
- baseband chip
- cathode
- cathode ray
- charging point
- circuit diagram
- circuitry
- electromotive
- filament
- LED display
- neutral
- parallel
- potentiometer
- recharger
- rectifier
- relay
- short circuit
- storage battery
- supercapacitor
- transformer
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