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silicon chip

DEFINITIONS OF: silicon chip

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n electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Synonyms:
chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip
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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
read-only memory chip
a memory chip providing read-only memory
Type of:
semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit
a conductor made with semiconducting material
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