Product Popularization of Fuxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd.: Chip generally refers to the carrier of the integrated circuit, and is also the result of the design, manufacture, packaging and testing of the integrated circuit. It is usually an independent whole that can be used immediately. The words "chip" and "integrated circuit" are often used interchangeably. For example, in our usual discussion topics, integrated circuit design and chip design mean the same thing, and the chip industry, integrated circuit industry, and IC industry often mean the same thing. . In fact, these two words are related and there are differences. The integrated circuit entity often exists in the form of a chip, because the integrated circuit in the narrow sense emphasizes the circuit itself, such as a phase-shift oscillator as simple as only five components are connected together. When it is still presented on the drawing, we It can also be called an integrated circuit. When we want to use this small integrated circuit for application, it must be an independent piece, or embedded in a larger integrated circuit, relying on the chip to play its role; the integrated circuit is more Emphasis is placed on the design and layout of the circuit, and the chip emphasizes the integration, production and packaging of the circuit. The generalized integrated circuit, when it comes to industry (different from other industries), can also include various meanings related to chips.

Chips also have their own unique features. Broadly speaking, as long as they are semiconductor chips manufactured using microfabrication methods, they can be called chips, and they do not necessarily have circuits in them. Such as semiconductor light source chips; such as mechanical chips, such as MEMS gyroscopes; or biological chips such as DNA chips. In communications and information technology, when the scope is limited to silicon integrated circuits, the intersection of chips and integrated circuits is on "circuits on silicon wafers". Chipset is a series of interrelated chip combinations. They are interdependent and can play a greater role together, such as the processor and north-south bridge chipset in a computer, and the radio frequency, baseband and power management chipset in a mobile phone. .