integrated circuit

NOUN

incorporated computer circuit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chip circuitry microchip microprocessor silicon chip

WEAK

IC computer chip logic circuit microcircuit microelectronics microprocessor chip semiconductor chip transputer

Example Sentences

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In 1971, it introduced the first integrated circuit so powerful it could be called a “general-purpose programmable processor” — or microprocessor — the brain of a computer on a single chip.

From Washington Post

The prediction, which Moore said he plotted out on graph paper based on what had been happening with chips at the time, said the capacity and complexity of integrated circuits would double every year.

From Seattle Times

He observed, in the 1965 article, that thanks to technological improvements the number of transistors on microchips had roughly doubled every year since integrated circuits were invented a few years earlier.

From BBC

In an article he wrote in 1965, Moore observed that, thanks to improvements in technology, the number of transistors on microchips had roughly doubled every year since integrated circuits were invented a few years before.

From Reuters

In 1965, Moore made a simple observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit appeared to be doubling every year.

From Los Angeles Times