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Re:What is a System-on-Chip (SoC), and why do we care if the... by billforsternz on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:18PM (#25042241)
So is the plural systems on a chip (I hope so), or system on a chips (surely not)? And is hyphenation a valid get out of jail free card for people who for some reason prefer the latter? (so system-on-a-chips, still seems a monstrosity to me). Basically I want John Siracusa to be wrong about at least one thing like everybody else :)
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Re:What is a System-on-Chip (SoC), and why do we care if the... by taneq on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @12:51AM (#25043146)
I'd imagine the proper plural (assuming multiple systems each on a chip) would be "systems on a chip", cf. "brigadiers general".
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Re:What is a System-on-Chip (SoC), and why do we care if the... by beervirus on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:45PM (#25042370)
Systems on a chip seems wrong, since there’s more than one chip. I’d probably say systems on chips or just SoCs.
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Re:What is a System-on-Chip (SoC), and why do we care if the... by numpad0 on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:47PM (#25042646)
SoC means just add power, everything you need to make a chip operate is integrated. No need for hundred active components! Terms and conditions apply! Something like that.
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Re:What is a System-on-Chip (SoC), and why do we care if the... by billforsternz on Monday November 09, 2020 @10:01PM (#25042455)
Okay, I haven't been accounting for system-on-chip versus system-on-a-chip.
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