silicon chip

noun

1. another term for chip

silicon chip

1. A microchip .

Example Sentences

Broomfield, Colorado—The core of this quantum computer looks familiar enough: a silicon chip the size of a stamp.

From Science Magazine

Lead author Ravi Acharya, a joint University of Manchester/University of Melbourne Cookson Scholar, said the great advantage of silicon chip quantum computing was it used the same essential techniques that make the chips used in today’s computers.

From Science Daily

This approach results in chips that are cheaper and faster to manufacture than the standard silicon chip.

From BBC

Certain 2D semiconductors have performed well on their own, but required such high temperatures to deposit they destroyed the underlying silicon chip.

From Science Daily

It uses a laser to create plasma 40 times hotter than the surface of the sun, which emits extreme ultraviolet light — invisible to the human eye — that is refracted onto a silicon chip by a series of mirrors.

From New York Times

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