Semiconductors: Integrated Circuit Generations MCQ

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Integrated Circuit GenerationsHardQuestion 20263

Question

VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) typically integrates:

A
Fewer than 100 components
B
100 to 10,000 components
C
10,000 to 10 million components
Correct
D
Less than 10 components

Correct answer

10,000 to 10 million components

Explanation

SSI (Small Scale): <100; MSI: 100–10,000; LSI: 10,000–100,000; VLSI: 100,000–10 million; ULSI: >10 million transistors. Modern CPUs have billions of transistors. The progression is driven by Moore's Law (transistor density doubles ~every 2 years).

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