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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>What Does SiP, SoC and CoM Mean?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/5154/what-does-sip-soc-and-com-mean</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>What Does SiP, SoC and CoM Mean?</title><link>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/5154/what-does-sip-soc-and-com-mean</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:16:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fc8b94d1-4ade-470f-8fcf-d038929f2a05</guid><dc:creator>cstanton</dc:creator><comments>https://community.element14.com/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/5154/what-does-sip-soc-and-com-mean#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to Documents by cstanton on 10/10/2021 7:16:13 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/620x324/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-89/2021.contentimage_5F00_213986.png"&gt;&lt;img alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/03/89/2021.contentimage_213986.png-620x324.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=xDKmSjdtAa6LhAJJJ1tt%2FQPsdobwo7rMp3OzHRtIHBA%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-14T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=NBD45vrZwy6oAbU5dEH3aA==" style="max-height: 324px;max-width: 620px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-conditional-content e14-init-hidden e14-conditional-logged-in-true"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20708/the-difference-between-a-system-on-a-chip-soc-a-system-in-a-package-sip-and-a-computer-on-a-module-com" title="Read Now about SiP, SoC and CoM"&gt;Read Now about SiP, SoC and CoM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-conditional-content e14-init-hidden e14-conditional-logged-out-true"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20708/the-difference-between-a-system-on-a-chip-soc-a-system-in-a-package-sip-and-a-computer-on-a-module-com" title="Sign Up Now to Read about"&gt;Sign Up Now to Read about &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20707/how-do-image-sensors-work" title="e14Button"&gt;e14Button&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Introducing the Difference Between a System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a System-in-a-Package (SiP), and a Computer-on-a-Module (CoM)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial, &amp;#39;Lucida Grande&amp;#39;, sans-serif;"&gt;Integrated Circuit (IC) technology has progressed over the years to allow manufacturers to incorporate several subsystems on a single die that already contains a single or multi-core processor. Computer and communications companies have driven this trend for the last several decades to produce all-in-one and embedded packages that are, or are close to, an entire computer or electronic system on a chip. SoCs, SiPs, and CoMs can be found in everything from smartphones to automated systems, and their applications are endless. While they may look the same and offer similar functionality at their roots, SoCs, SiPs, and CoMs are different in several aspects. The purpose of this article is to explain those differences and provide an overview of their key technologies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Here are Samples from the Article&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/461x333/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-89/6724.contentimage_5F00_213987.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/03/89/6724.contentimage_213987.png-461x333.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=PUBBOCmeSPwZ2Alcsfr9y5jpyV%2B6V4AQFuwTFiApqJ4%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-14T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=nEvn93yOgbPfJt/i/TqpMg==" style="max-height: 333px;max-width: 461px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.element14.com/resized-image/__size/453x130/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-03-89/4670.contentimage_5F00_213988.png"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" alt="image" src="https://community-storage.element14.com/communityserver-components-secureimagefileviewer/communityserver/wikis/components/files/00/00/00/03/89/4670.contentimage_213988.png-453x130.png?sv=2016-05-31&amp;amp;sr=b&amp;amp;sig=0H5hsKkbc5l%2FAv3ktLltPYviaFJiAmMVMwbNiSwcbac%3D&amp;amp;se=2026-04-14T23%3A59%3A59Z&amp;amp;sp=r&amp;amp;_=0sgCDQNkPrf/Gm0tlrtp8w==" style="max-height: 130px;max-width: 453px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-conditional-content e14-init-hidden e14-conditional-logged-in-true"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20708/the-difference-between-a-system-on-a-chip-soc-a-system-in-a-package-sip-and-a-computer-on-a-module-com" title="Read Now about SiP, SoC and CoM"&gt;Read Now about SiP, SoC and CoM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-conditional-content e14-init-hidden e14-conditional-logged-out-true"&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20708/the-difference-between-a-system-on-a-chip-soc-a-system-in-a-package-sip-and-a-computer-on-a-module-com" title="Sign Up Now to Read about"&gt;Sign Up Now to Read about &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="e14-button-large e14-button-primary"&gt;&lt;a class="jive-link-wiki-small" href="/learn/learning-center/the-tech-connection/w/documents/20707/how-do-image-sensors-work" title="e14Button"&gt;e14Button&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;padding:0px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;script&gt;window.top.e14.func.queueScripts.add(function() { window.top.e14.func.e14ConditionalContent();} );&lt;/script&gt;

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