microchip

Definition

An integrated circuit.

Etymology

From micro- + chip.

Example Sentences

• "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."