Electronic Design Automation

System on a Chip -
Early EDA focused on digital circuitry, but the trend has moved to analog as well as mixed systems and the system-on-a-chip model which is currently preferred. The System-on-a-Chip of SOC means integrating all components of an electrical system or computer of a single chip. These components, which are standard on most SOC, are a microprocessor, memory blocks, timing sources, peripherals, external interfaces such as USB or Ethernet, analog interfaces, and voltage regulators. Software is also created to control the various processors and interfaces on the chip.

EDA has made possible what many never would have imagined. It is used today is many areas and many products of printed circuit design.

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