All the different components which make up the processor have to be condensed…
2023
All the different components which make up the processor have to be condensed to fit in the smart phone. It is known as _____.
- A.
Touch on a chip
- B.
Memory on a chip
- C.
Processor on a chip
- D.
System on a chip
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Correct answer: D
Concept
A System on a Chip (SoC) is a single integrated circuit that packages together the major functional blocks of a computing system — the processor core, memory controllers, input/output interfaces, and often graphics or signal-processing units — instead of building each block as a separate discrete component on a circuit board. This design approach lets an entire computer system fit onto one piece of silicon, in a very small physical footprint.
Application
The question describes exactly this situation: every separate component that makes up the processor has to be condensed onto one chip so that the whole assembly is small enough to fit inside a smartphone. Condensing all of a processor's constituent components into a single chip is the defining feature of a System on a Chip, so the blank is filled by 'System on a chip'.
Contrast
Touch on a chip is not a term about processor integration at all — it names touchscreen sensing technology.
Memory on a chip describes only storage (RAM/ROM) built into a chip, not the processor's other components.
Processor on a chip names just the CPU core by itself; it does not capture bundling the surrounding subsystems (memory controllers, I/O, etc.) alongside it.
Hence, the correct term is System on a Chip (SoC).