IC
An Integrated Circuit is a collection of circuit elements all together on one piece of silicon. Example elements include:
- transistors, for example MOSFETS
- resistors
- capacitors
- inductors
Here is an example of a fairly small IC, a type of amplifier called an Op-Amp. The image is from zeptobars
From wikipedia: There is no consensus on who invented the IC. The American press of the 1960s named four people: Kilby, Lehovec, Noyce and Hoerni; in the 1970s the list was shortened to Kilby and Noyce.
Course feedback
Having the formal verification part additionally felt nice, that I could have something that I know is going to be functional instead of just guessing for a long time and then looking at waveforms and then not knowing what hell I'm doing!