<s>
A	O
typical	O
application	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
a	O
single-board	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
a	O
SoM	O
serves	O
a	O
special	O
function	O
like	O
a	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
other	O
major	O
advantages	O
of	O
SoMs	O
are	O
design-reuse	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
many	O
embedded	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid	O
1980s	O
,	O
when	O
VMEbus	B-Architecture
blades	O
used	O
M-Modules	O
,	O
these	O
were	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
system	O
On	O
a	O
module	O
(	O
SoM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
