Original: ASIC and FPGA solutions A common configuration for very-high-volume embedded systems is the system on a chip (SoC) which contains a complete system consisting of multiple processors, multipliers, caches and interfaces on a single chip.
Simplified: ASIC and FPGA solutions A common configuration for very-high-volume embedded systems is the system on a chip (SoC) which holds a complete system consisting of (multiple) processors, multipliers, caches and interfaces on a single integrated circuit.