Computers are all over your house. But where?
An explanation of system on a chip.
As you sit down on the couch, you turn on House of the Dragon.
You used the built in HBO app on your TV. You know it works but you’ve never thought about how. You assume there is a computer in there. Your assumption is right. But they’re not like the computer we described before.
These TV include a System on a Chip (SoC).
SoCs are found in many places in a home.
The one you use more than any other is probably in your hand right now. Your mobile phone. SoCs have many uses you interact with every day.
You use them every day but probably didn’t know you were.
Technologic breakthrough
SoCs were a major breakthrough in electronic technology.
An SoC includes a CPU, RAM, graphics processor, and anything else a device needs to function. Everything is on a single chip. Since everything is contained on one board, the technology allowed smaller and more reliable electronic devices to be designed.
SoCs paved the way for many of the devices we use on a daily basis.
