VHSIC

English

Noun

VHSIC (plural VHSICs)

1. (electronics, hardware) Abbreviation of very high speed integrated circuit.
   • "The United States Department of Defense launched the VHSIC program in 1980 as a joint tri-service (Army/Navy/Air Force) program. The program led to advances in integrated circuit materials, lithography, packaging, testing, and algorithms, and created numerous computer-aided design tools. A well-known part of the program's contribution is VHDL, a hardware description language. The program also redirected the military's interest in GaAs ICs back toward the commercial mainstream of CMOS circuits."

Derived terms

• VHDL

Related terms

• (electronics): ASIC, HSIC, IC

References

• VHSIC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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