What is the process of designing more than 100 gates on a single chip?

The correct answer is C, LSI. Integrated circuits are classified by how many logic gates are packed on a single chip. Small scale integration, SSI, holds up to about 10 or 12 gates; medium scale integration, MSI, holds roughly 12 to 100; large scale integration, LSI, holds more than 100 and up to about 1000; and very large scale integration, VLSI, holds thousands or more, which is the level used for today's microprocessors. So a chip carrying more than 100 gates is described as LSI. This ladder also maps onto the generations of computers: the third generation used SSI and MSI integrated circuits, while the fourth generation brought LSI and VLSI and with them the microprocessor. A is wrong because MSI stops at about 100 gates. B is wrong because SSI holds only a handful. D is wrong because VLSI begins in the thousands of gates. Exam tip: SSI up to 10, MSI up to 100, LSI up to 1000, VLSI beyond that.