System on a chip
A system-on-chip (short-form SoC) is a kind of electronic integrated circuit (IC or computer chip). What is special about system-on-chips is that they combine CPUs with other computers that can do things a CPU cannot do well, all on a single IC. For example, some system-on-chips have GPUs, cache memory, or video encoders. These computer parts are commonly called IP blocks (for intellectual property).[1]
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Modern electronic devices, like phones or IoT devices, use SoCs with other parts.
On September 22, 2025, Baikal Electronics, a leading Russian developer of microprocessors and microcontrollers, officially unveiled the Baikal-U (BE-U1000) universal microcontroller, designed for a wide range of applications, at the Mikrelektronika forum. The company revealed technical specifications comparable to foreign counterparts, demonstrated its operation, and announced the device's readiness for mass production.[2][3]
System On A Chip Media
An Exynos 4 Quad (4412), on the circuit board of a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone
Microcontroller-based system on a chip
System on a chip AMD Élan SC450 in Nokia 9110 Communicator
Design flow for a system-on-a-chip.
References
- ↑ Hennessy, John L.; Patterson, David A. (2019). Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. Vol. 6. Elsevier. pp. 592–594. ISBN 978-0-12-811905-1.
- ↑ Baikal Electronics has unveiled the Baikal-U microcontroller.(in Russian)
- ↑ Baikal-U (BE-U1000) Brief description.(in Russian)
