VLSI
noun [ U ] electronics, computing specialized uk/ˌviː.el.esˈaɪ/ us/ˌviː.el.esˈaɪ/
超大规模集成（very large-scale integration的缩写）
abbreviation for very large-scale integration: the process of putting hundreds of thousands of transistors (= very small pieces of electronic equipment) on a single silicon chip (= a small piece of silicon that is used in computers, phones, etc.)
VLSI started with hundreds of thousands of transistors in the early 1980s, and transistor counts now continue to grow beyond ten billion transistors per chip. 超大规模集成技术始于1980年代初期，当时每个芯片上有成千上万个晶体管，现在晶体管数量继续增长，超过每个芯片十亿个晶体管。
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- Although processing power and storage capacities have increased beyond all recognition since the 1970s, the underlying technology of LSI or VLSI microchips has remained essentially the same.
- Circuits used to contain transistors numbered in the tens, but development lead to Large Scale Integration (LSI) (thousands), and VLSI (hundreds of thousands and beyond).
- Early LSI and VLSI devices (such as the microprocessors of the early 1970s) were mostly created by hand.