Why the term SoC?

[elektrode]

I don’t get it.

Partly because my industry is System on a Chip (SoC).

Of course if I say, in a conversation about my battery, “I’m at 50%” or “I charged to 81%”, we all know I’m talking about the % of charge in the battery.

Why does everyone offer up the redundant and multi-syllabic “state-of-charge” or the just as many syllables “SoC”?

What other potentially confused concept does this term disambiguate?Surely in everyday discussions we’re not using this term to indicate conversationally that there’s some unusable reserve.

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[NY_Rob]

It's just a convenient reference to use.. for example when someone complains their DCFC session was "slow" we ask... "what was your SOC when you started charging?".

 

[vinsonr]

It's just a standard engineering term that's been around for a long time and everyone uses it when discussing batteries. Patent from 1910 for example:

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=GB137374344&_cid=P20-LCM4TW-36938-1

 

[madgrey]

I don’t get it.

Partly because my industry is System on a Chip (SoC).

Of course if I say, in a conversation about my battery, “I’m at 50%” or “I charged to 81%”, we all know I’m talking about the % of charge in the battery.

Why does everyone offer up the redundant and multi-syllabic “state-of-charge” or the just as many syllables “SoC”?

What other potentially confused concept does this term disambiguate?Surely in everyday discussions we’re not using this term to indicate conversationally that there’s some unusable reserve.

Some people in the integrated circuit business call then "socks". Engineers...

 

[mindstormsguy]

I don’t get it.

Partly because my industry is System on a Chip (SoC).

Of course if I say, in a conversation about my battery, “I’m at 50%” or “I charged to 81%”, we all know I’m talking about the % of charge in the battery.

Why does everyone offer up the redundant and multi-syllabic “state-of-charge” or the just as many syllables “SoC”?

What other potentially confused concept does this term disambiguate?Surely in everyday discussions we’re not using this term to indicate conversationally that there’s some unusable reserve.

At least the industry you work in doesn’t have battery powered devices (like the phone industry). Then SoC is _really_ ambiguous.

 

[frostbit3]

In my industry it’s Security Operations Center, so there’s quite a few definitions.

 

[moosetags]

I was thinking that meant Southern California.

Brian

 

[Marchin_MTB]

In my industry we differentiate SoC from depth of discharge (DoD) which is measuring the battery state from full charge down to empty. This used to be more prevalent with older chemistries that were much more sensitive to DoD.

 

[crashmtb]

All these TLAs sure can make for a SNAFU. confusion sets in PDQ.

 

[Dark-Fx]

I don’t get it.

Partly because my industry is System on a Chip (SoC).

Of course if I say, in a conversation about my battery, “I’m at 50%” or “I charged to 81%”, we all know I’m talking about the % of charge in the battery.

Why does everyone offer up the redundant and multi-syllabic “state-of-charge” or the just as many syllables “SoC”?

What other potentially confused concept does this term disambiguate?Surely in everyday discussions we’re not using this term to indicate conversationally that there’s some unusable reserve.

Maybe your industry could have come up with their own acronym instead of co-opting one.

 

[elektrode]

Maybe your industry could have come up with their own acronym instead of co-opting one.

Yeah it’s their fault. I’ll call them this weekend and let them know.

They also ripped off the shoe called ASICs - Application Specific Integrated Circuits. I’ll call the shoe company on Sunday and let them know.

 

[elektrode]

All these TLAs sure can make for a SNAFU. confusion sets in PDQ.

It’s pretty FUBAR

 

[elektrode]

I’m just going to say “charge” instead of “state of charge”.

With a savings of two syllables and using combined shampoo and conditioner in one product, I’ll probably add a couple of months to my lifespan.

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[vinsonr]

Think of all the syllables you could have saved by just doing that to begin with...

I jest of course =)

 

[Dark-Fx]

I’m just going to say “charge” instead of “state of charge”.

With a savings of two syllables and using combined shampoo and conditioner in one product, I’ll probably add a couple of months to my lifespan.

Follow me for moar Life Hacks.

"Charge" could mean a lot of things.

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