Which term contains all the components of a computer system on a single chip?

Which term contains all the components of a computer system on a single chip?

• A. System on a chip (SoC)
• B. FPGA
• C. Microservice
• D. BACnet

Answer: (A)

A System on a chip brings together all essential parts of a computer on one silicon die. It combines a processor, memory, storage interfaces, graphics or video engine, and I/O controllers, often with a power-management unit and networking peripherals, all on a single chip. This makes devices smaller, more power-efficient, and cost-effective, which is why it’s used in smartphones, embedded controllers, and IoT.

An FPGA is a reconfigurable hardware platform that provides programmable logic blocks and routing. While some designs may include CPU cores or memory, the core idea is flexible hardware logic rather than a complete, self-contained computer system on one chip. A microservice describes a software architecture where small, independent services run separately and communicate over a network, not a hardware packaging term. BACnet is a protocol used in building automation to enable interoperability between devices from different manufacturers, not a term for packaging a computer system on a single chip.

So, the term that means a complete computer system on a single chip is System on a chip.