Assertion: surface mount package | /r/HasProperty | popular
Facets:
value: in personal computers
type: LOCATION
value: currently
type: TEMPORAL
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in consumer electronics
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The SOIC (Small Outline IC), a surface-mount package which is currently very popular, particularly in consumer electronics and personal computers, is essentially a shrunk version of the standard IC PDIP, the fundamental difference which makes it an SMT device being a second bend in the leads to flatten them parallel to the bottom plane of the plastic housing.