integrated circuit

noun

: a tiny complex of electronic components and their connections that is produced in or on a small slice of material (such as silicon)
integrated circuitry noun

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How are integrated circuit components different from discrete components? Peter Kinget, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2025 Around the same time, a different Soviet exchange student, Boris Malin, returned from a year studying in Pennsylvania with a Texas Instruments integrated circuit in his luggage. Chris Miller, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022 American labs developed the transistor and integrated circuit in the middle of the 20th century and figured out how to print them on silicon, giving rise to Silicon Valley. Oren Cass, CNN, 27 July 2022 Sales of every conceivable type of integrated circuit, both cutting-edge as well as older, more mature designs, are soaring. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022 Something like 75% of the world’s integrated circuit manufacturing capacity is based there. George Calhoun, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 The integrated circuit, or silicon microchip, in 1959. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021

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1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of integrated circuit was in 1959

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“Integrated circuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/integrated%20circuit. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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integrated circuit

noun
: a tiny group of electronic devices and their connections that is produced in or on a small slice of material (as silicon)

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