VLSI at Computer Glossary

What is it? VLSI, the current level of computer microchip miniaturization, refers to microchips containing in the hundreds of thousands of transistors. LSI (large scale integration) meant microchips containing thousands of transistors. Earlier, MSI (medium scale integration) meant a microchip containing hundreds of transistors and SSI (small scale integration) meant transistors in the tens.

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