INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS
COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS
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Question
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a device that is run on a single chip
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a device that needs many chips to run
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device that sits on top of a chip
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -System-on-a-Chip (SoC – pronounced ĕs-oh-sē or sŏck) refers to a type of integrated circuit (IC) design that combines many or all high-level function elements of an electronic device onto a single chip instead of using separate components mounted to a motherboard, as is done in traditional electronics design.
Detailed explanation-2: -SoCs are frequently embedded in portable devices such as smartphones, GPS navigation devices, digital watches (including smartwatches) and netbooks. Customers want long battery lives for mobile computing devices, another reason that power consumption must be minimized in SoCs.
Detailed explanation-3: -An SoC for a sound-detecting device, for example, might include an audio receiver, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a microprocessor, memory, and the input/output logic control for a user-all on a single chip.