silicon chip

noun

A wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip

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chipmicrochipmicro chipmicroprocessor chip
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Meanings

nounsilicon chip (plural silicon chips)

plural silicon chips

  1. A wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip

    The silicon chip inside her head / gets switched to overload

    1979, The Boomtown Rats, “I Don't Like Mondays”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
chipmicrochipmicro chipmicroprocessor chip
Broader
semiconductor devicesemiconductor unitsemiconductor
Also see
chipmicrochip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 矽晶片, 硅片
  • 矽晶片 (xījīngpiàn)wafer of silicon
  • 硅片 (guīpiàn)wafer of silicon
Finnish piisiru
  • piisiruwafer of silicon
Yiddish סיליציום־טשיפּל
  • סיליציום־טשיפּל (silitsyum-tshipl)wafer of silicon
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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