Technology meets "Text Book"..: What is SOC?

What is SOC?

SOC Known as 'System On Chip' consists of all the components necessary for Signal processing in a computer or an electronic device ( Such as your Mobile Phone, Tablet, TV, Speaker System) on a single tiny chip.
As these components are integrated tightly on this chip, It is also called an Integrated Circuit (IC).
It is also referred to as Microchip as well.
To make things more clear, consider this example:

This consists of a CPU, GPU, Cache, RAM, Codecs inside this chip.

On the outside It looks like this:

Some Popular companies Making SOCs are:

  • Intel
  • AMD
  • Qualcomm
  • ARM
  • Motorola
  • Samsung Exynos 

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