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ISO/IEC 22989:2022/FDAmd 1 Amendment 1: Generative AI Stage 50.00 Planning date 16 Feb 2027, an estimate 117 defined terms · 23 clause pages

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Terms related to AI · 3.1.6

application specific integrated circuit

a chip built for one particular use rather than general purpose work

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  • ISO/IEC 22989:2022/FDAmd 1
  • Last updated: 2026-10-21

What this term settles

The entry is short because it is meant to travel. It gives application specific integrated circuit one meaning that can be quoted in a policy without a second interpretation layer.

Who it binds

The entry has no shall in it, and the force of application specific integrated circuit comes from use: once it appears in a procedure or a supplier term, this is the meaning the reader may rely on.

What to do in your practice

Add application specific integrated circuit to the vocabulary register and to the onboarding pack. A term that is only in a PDF is not controlled; it is controlled when a new joiner can find it and a reviewer can test it.

Evidence an auditor or regulator asks for

  • A controlled vocabulary entry for application specific integrated circuit with the citation 3.1.6, an owner and a review date.
    An auditor can check that application specific integrated circuit is controlled rather than assumed.
  • An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names application specific integrated circuit.
    Shows application specific integrated circuit in use in the artefact the firm relies on, not only in a glossary.
  • A policy or procedure sentence that uses the entry in this sense. The record carries the application specific integrated circuit entry and its date.
    The policy borrows the word but not the boundary, so a supplier system and an in-house model are treated as the same kind of thing. The gap is tested against application specific integrated circuit.
Ask your teamWho owns application specific integrated circuit in the vocabulary, and when was it last reviewed?

Common gaps this page catches

  • application specific integrated circuit is used in the AI vocabulary a policy reaches for first without a written definition, so two teams can mean different things.
  • The entry for application specific integrated circuit is reviewed when someone remembers, not on a cadence, so it drifts from the artefact it describes.

What to prepare before the amendment lands

Put application specific integrated circuit on the agenda of the next AI governance meeting with two questions: where is it used, and what would show it is used correctly? Record the answers as actions.

How to test it here

Take one live artefact rather than a template, find the sentence or field where application specific integrated circuit is used, and put this page beside it. Record the answer, the artefact and the date, because that record is the evidence and a glossary entry on its own is only an intention.

What this page does not claim

The page does not reproduce the standard, certify the firm or predict the wording the amendment will use; it states application specific integrated circuit at the claim level "definition" and stops where the public record stops.

Common questions

What does application specific integrated circuit mean in ISO 22989?
a chip built for one particular use rather than general purpose work
What evidence should we keep for 3.1.6?
A controlled vocabulary entry for application specific integrated circuit with the citation 3.1.6, an owner and a review date. An AI system inventory field that records the entry for each system, with its owner. The row names application specific integrated circuit.
Is application specific integrated circuit a requirement?
No: application specific integrated circuit is a definition or clause of a terminology standard, and it becomes binding only when a firm writes it into a policy, a contract or a procedure, or when another standard incorporates it.

Related units

Source. ISO/IEC 22989:2022, Clause 3.1.6, Terms and definitions. Open the ISO public entry. Retrieved 21 October 2026.

https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso-iec:22989:ed-1:v1:en

ISO catalogue record 88145, the amendment status, stage and dates. Catalogue record 74296, the base standard.

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Last updated: 2026-10-21 · Markdown version · Check your vocabulary