A SOC (System On Chip) is a microchip that integrates all or most components of an electronic system, such as a microcontroller, microprocessor, and several processor cores with peripherals like GPUs, WiFi, and cellular networks. SOCs aim to reduce power consumption, area, and cost while improving performance by minimizing latency, interface delays, and speeding up data transmission. They are used in embedded systems, mobile computing, and personal computers. SOC verification tests that a design meets specifications before production and must automate tests on embedded processors while increasing scope to check performance, power, safety, and security.

1. SOC
System On Chip

2. What is a SOC?
• Microchip that integrates all or most components of a electronic
system
• Integrates microcontroller, microprocessor
• Several processor cores with peripherals like GPU,Wifi, cellular
network
• IC designed by gathering multiple stand-alone VLSI designs for an
application

3. Types of SOC
• 4 types of SOCs
• SOCs built around a microcontroller
• SOCs built around a microprocessor
• Specialized ASIC SOCs
• Programmable SOCs

4. Why SOC?
• Primary goal is to reduce Power consumption, Area, Cost
• Much more effective at performance
• Minimizes latency, interface and interconnection delays
• Speeds up data transmission process

5. Applications of SOC
• Embedded systems – AI acceleration, data collection, embedded
machine vision
• Mobile computing – Samsung electronics ARM based Exynos,
Qualcomm snapdragon
• Personal computers – ARM based Qualcomm snapdragon, X86 based
Intel core

6. SOC Verification
• Process in which a design is verified against a design specification
before tape-out
• Must include automation of the tests running on the embedded
processors
• Increasing scope – performance, power, safety, security

7. SOC Verification Flow

8. Example of SOC
• ARM-based:
Qualcomm Snapdragon
ARM250
ARM7500(FE)
Apple M1
• x86-based:
Intel Core CULV

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