IC Introduction - 2

IC

What does IC Go?

• Communication, PC/Computer, Automotive, Consumer, Industrial, Government(Military, Satellite)
• Logic, Memory, Analog, MPU, Opto, Discrete, MCU, Sensor, DSP

A computer is a system that uses physical phenomena to represent and manipulate information, includes Mechanical computer, Electronic computer (Analogy electronic computer, Digital electronic computer), Optical computer, Quantum computer, Molecular computer, Biological computer

Types of digital electronic computer:

• General-purpose computers : Supercomputer, desktop, laptop. Has the ability to perform a wide-range of tasks
• Designed-specific computers (embedded computers): Cell phone, eBook, etc. Designed to excel in a limited types of tasks

For the embedded computers: Ubiquitous, Embedded, Personal, Popular

Processor Types

General-Purpose Processor

Programmable device used in a variety of applications (Sometimes called CPU)

• General-purpose instruction set
• General-purpose datapath
• Program memory

Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processor

Optimized for a particular class of applications

GPU, DSP, Google TPU

Single-Purpose Processor

Designed to implement a particular function.