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INTEGRATED CIRCUITS:
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit (also referred to as IC, chip, or microchip) is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of thin substrate of semiconductor material.
Medium Scale Integration came in to industry in late 1960s. MSI is the next step in the development of integrated circuits after 'Small Scale Integration'. Medium-Scale Integration allowed more complex systems to be produced using smaller circuit boards than in SSI (Small Scale Integration).
APPLICATION OF ULSI:
1. Some of the devices that utilize ULSI technology are processors, scanners that convert printed information to coded data, semiconductor memory, semiconductors (such as the Metal OxideSemiconductor Field Effect Transistor, or MOSFET), and the bipolar transistor, which amplifies analog and digital signals. 2. The widely used Intel486 and Pentium microprocessors-silicon chips that contain the computer's central processing unit--use USLI technology.