Editing Integrated circuit (section)

== Terminology ==
An ''integrated circuit'' is defined as:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jedec.org/standards-documents/dictionary/terms/integrated-circuit-ic |title=Integrated circuit (IC) |publisher=[[JEDEC]]}}</ref> <blockquote>A circuit in which all or some of the circuit elements are inseparably associated and electrically interconnected so that it is considered to be indivisible for the purposes of construction and commerce.</blockquote> In strict usage, ''integrated circuit'' refers to the single-piece circuit construction originally known as a ''monolithic integrated circuit'', which comprises a single piece of silicon.<ref>{{cite web |title=The first monolithic integrated circuits |url=http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~wylie/ICs/monolith.htm |quote=Nowadays when people say 'integrated circuit' they usually mean a monolithic IC, where the entire circuit is constructed in a single piece of silicon. |author=Wylie, Andrew |year=2009 |access-date=14 March 2011 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504074623/http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~wylie/ICs/monolith.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last1 = Horowitz| first1 = Paul| author-link1 = Paul Horowitz| last2 = Hill| first2 = Winfield| author-link2 = Winfield Hill| title = The Art of Electronics| edition = 2nd| year = 1989| publisher = Cambridge University Press| isbn = 978-0-521-37095-0| page = [https://archive.org/details/artofelectronics00horo/page/61 61]| quote = Integrated circuits, which have largely replaced circuits constructed from discrete transistors, are themselves merely arrays of transistors and other components built from a single chip of semiconductor material.| url = https://archive.org/details/artofelectronics00horo/page/61}}</ref> In general usage, circuits not meeting this strict definition are sometimes referred to as ICs, which are constructed using many different technologies, e.g. [[3D IC]], [[2.5D integrated circuit|2.5D IC]], [[Multi-chip module|MCM]], [[thin-film transistor]]s, [[Thick-film technology|thick-film technologies]], or [[hybrid integrated circuit]]s. The choice of terminology frequently appears in discussions related to whether [[Moore's law|Moore's Law]] is obsolete.[[File:Kilby solid circuit.jpg|thumb|right|[[Jack Kilby]]'s original integrated circuit; the world's first. Made from [[germanium]] with gold-wire interconnects.]]