February 2004
The concept of a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) started in 1972 with the advent of the unassuming
4-bit TMS1000 microcomputer—the perfect fit for applications such as calculators and microwave ovens
that required a device with everything needed to embed electronic intelligence. Microcomputers changed
the way engineers approached equipment design; for the first time they could reuse proven electronics
hardware, needing only to create software specific to the application. The result of microcomputer-based
designs has been a reduction in both system cost and time-to-market.
## Basics
- higher level [Analog and Digital Circuits for Electronic Control System Applications](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3721/Analog%2Band%2BDigital%2BCircuits%2Bfor%2BControl.pdf)
> February 2004
> The concept of a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) started in 1972 with the advent of the unassuming
> 4-bit TMS1000 microcomputer—the perfect fit for applications such as calculators and microwave ovens
> that required a device with everything needed to embed electronic intelligence. Microcomputers changed
> the way engineers approached equipment design; for the first time they could reuse proven electronics
> hardware, needing only to create software specific to the application. The result of microcomputer-based
> designs has been a reduction in both system cost and time-to-market.
[Trends in Processor Architecture](https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1801/1801.05215.pdf)
- lower level [Fundamentals of Electronic Circuit Design ](https://knowen-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/file/3720/hong1%2B-%2BFundamentals%2Bof%2BCircuitry.pdf)
[Chip Basics: Time, Area, Power, Reliability and Configurability](https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~wl/teachlocal/cuscomp/notes/chapter2.pdf)
- [Progress in semiconductors, or Moore's law is not dead yet](https://nintil.com/progress-semicon/)