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?
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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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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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“Integrated circuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/integrated%20circuit. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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