I am new to Embedded domain and wanted to know what exactly is SOC(system on chip) means?
Is it like we different hardware component on CPU chip(like RAM on CPU chip) or on the same embedded board we have cpu chip manufactured by one company and rest of the component are manufactured some other company.
For example I have heard of TI soc's and Brodcom soc's both share the same cpu chip .
Best Answer
The term SoC has a bit of a marketing tinge to it.
System on chip (SoC) implies that a single chip contains silicon, which provides hardware support for a lot of functions. Previously, these functions would require multiple chips (a chip set).
Here's a menu of functionality, which can be found in SoC.
(Again, this is a menu. I'm not implying that everyone of these features has to be included to a chip to qualify as a SoC. Neither this menu is complete.)