chip scale packaging

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Chip Scale Packaging

   <hardware> (CSP) A type of {surface mount} {integrated
   circuit} packaging that provides pre-speed-sorted, pre-tested
   and pre-packaged {die} without requiring special testing.  An
   example is {Motorola}'s {Micro SMT} packaging.

   See also: {chip-on-board}, {flip chip}, {multichip module},
   {known good die}, {ball grid array}.

   ["Chip scale packaging gains at SMI. (Surface Mount
   International)", Bernard Levine, Electronic News (1991), Sept
   4, 1995 v41 n2081 p1(2)].

   (2006-08-14)