silicon chip

Noun
  1. Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit (synset 103023717)
    is a type of: semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit - a conductor made with semiconducting material
    subtypes:
    • biochip - a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment
    • dna chip, gene chip - a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
    • memory chip - a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory
    • microprocessor - integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system
    has: integrated circuit, microcircuit - a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component
    is a part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically
    same as: chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip

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