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microchip

[ mahy-kroh-chip ]

noun

Electronics.


microchip

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noun

  1. a small piece of semiconductor material carrying many integrated circuits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to implant (an animal) with a microchip tag linked to a national computer network for purposes of identification
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

microchip

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microchip

  1. The basic component of modern miniaturized electronics. The “chip†is a series of electrical circuits built into a tiny wafer of silicon or another semiconductor .
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Notes

These circuits may be made by exposing the chip to a high-temperature vapor of controlled composition. The vapor deposits a thin layer (sometimes only a few atoms thick) on the silicon. In this way complex layers of materials, such as those found in transistors can be built up in a very small area.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of microchip1

First recorded in 1965–70; micro- + chip 1
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Because of their complex supply chains and the often life saving products they make, pharmaceutical companies along with microchip makers were temporarily exempted from the tariffs imposed on all products imported into the US.

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This concerns Nvidia because it is at the forefront of making microchips for AI processing.

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She thinks about all the possibilities that had to happen for him to come home and credits the Petersen family, the online sleuths and the animal shelter team who checked Havoc’s microchip.

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Then, on March 3, he announced a $100-billion investment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., or TSMC, maker of the world’s most advanced microchips, to build five new facilities in the United States.

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Mr Hardy explained how he had knocked on neighbours' doors and got a local vet to check her microchip, but in the end the vet suggested they adopted Tilly.

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