integrated circuit

American  

noun

Electronics.

1. a circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in which the components are interconnected to perform a given function. IC

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integrated circuit British  

noun

1.  IC.  a very small electronic circuit consisting of an assembly of elements made from a chip of semiconducting material, such as crystalline silicon

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integrated circuit Scientific  

/ ĭn′tĭ-grā′tĭd /

1. A device made of interconnected electronic components, such as transistors and resistors, that are etched or imprinted onto a tiny slice of a semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium. An integrated circuit smaller than a fingernail can hold millions of circuits.

2. Also called chip microchip

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integrated circuit Cultural  

1. A miniaturized electrical circuit built on a microchip.

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Etymology

Origin of integrated circuit

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

"While semiconductor chips in the 1970s were TLR-9 for that time, they could do very little compared with today's advanced integrated circuits," he said.

From Science Daily

His endorsement comes as investors fret that rising memory prices will weigh on Fortinet’s margins and sales of its application-specific integrated circuits.

From Barron's

Zhu told Tsinghua’s magazine more than a decade ago, “Whoever leads in memory technology will be able to dominate the entire integrated circuit industry.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Broadcom and Marvell both could benefit from growing adoption of application-specific integrated circuits, which rival graphics processing units for AI use cases.

From MarketWatch

For the third quarter, the Berkeley, Calif.-based developer of superconducting quantum integrated circuits for quantum computers reported a smaller-than-expected adjusted loss of 3 cents a share on revenue of $1.9 million.

From Barron's

Related Words

• chip
• circuitry
• microchip
• microprocessor
• silicon chip