Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index System-on-a-chip is an idea of integrating all components of a computer system into a single chip. A typical computer system consists of a number of integrated circuits that perform different tasks. These are: microprocessor, RAM, ROM, UARTs, parallel ports, DMA controller chips, etc. The recent improvements in semiconductor technology caused that VLSI integrated circuits are larger and larger. These improvements allow to integrate all the functions of a system in a single chip, which is being done in a number of technologies. These are: Full-custom Standard cell FPGA This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.