Simplest hyperchaotic system with only one piecewise linear term

The objective of this Letter is to report the development of the simplest hyperchaotic system in comparison with all existing simplest hyperchaotic systems. The proposed system does not contain any non-linear (product, quadratic or cubic) term and has a total of eight terms including the only one piecewise linear term. The circuit of the proposed simplest hyperchaotic system is implemented in hardware with fewer components and without using a multiplier. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, such simplest hyperchaotic system is not reported in the literature.