Microchip

Definitions

1. An integrated circuit.
2. A microprocessor.

Equivalents

Examples

“By the early 2020s, the strategic priority level of microchip fabrication prowess and capacity had only grown.”

“The base⟳ of the antenna contains a few microchips, whose purpose Hiro cannot divine by looking at them.”

“And so the microchip, say⟳, reflects a certain electronically driven speed⟳ of society, just as the invention of a flint axe, reflected a society that was rhythmed fully by biological and environmental temporalities.”

“Previous attempts at designing self-cooling microchips have⟳ largely relied on a two-pronged approach⟳, involving designing the cooling elements separately from the electronic elements, and then combining after the initial fabrication process⟳.”

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