Chapters 8 Legislative and Industry Trends

First Silicon IC Chip

Made by Robert Noyce of Fairchild Camera in 1961

The Semiconductor Industry: integrated circuit

An integrated circuit or IC is basically the assembly of electronic components fabricated on a semiconductor material as a unit. There are different techniques used to design and construct integrated circuits. In today's world, integrated circuits are used in almost all electronic equipment.

Integrated Circuits

• An Integrated circuit (IC, microchip, or chip) is an electronic circuit made up of small semiconductor devices and other electronic components that are manufactured on a semiconductor material.
• The integration of a large number of transistors into a single chip was a great achievement. It was only made possible after conducting a great number of experiments, and then it was discovered that semiconductor devices could perform the functions of vacuum tubes.