electronics//chip

Monolithic piece of silicon carrying integrated circuits.

Monolithic piece of silicon carrying integrated circuits.

MCU (microcontroller): CPU + memory + peripherals on one die.

MPU (microprocessor): CPU only, needs external memory.

SoC (system-on-chip): heterogeneous integration of CPU, GPU, NPU, modems.

The line between them blurs as integration density rises with each fab node shrink.