


The IC's mass production capability, reliability, and building-block approach to integrated circuit design has ensured the rapid adoption of standardized ICs in place of designs using discrete transistors. This results in circuits that are orders of magnitude smaller, faster, and less expensive than those constructed of discrete components, allowing a large transistor count. Large numbers of miniaturized transistors and other electronic components are integrated together on the chip. The pinouts are the black circles surrounding the integrated circuit.Īn integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as an IC, a chip, or a microchip) is a set of electronic circuits on one small flat piece (or "chip") of semiconductor material, usually silicon. A microscope image of an integrated circuit die used to control LCDs.
