Definition of Silicon chip

1. Noun. Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit.


Definition of Silicon chip

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silicon Chip

silicofluoric
silicofluoride
silicofluorides
silicoidea
silicon
silicon-28
silicon-29
silicon-30
silicon-based
silicon-controlled rectifier
silicon alkoxide
silicon bronze
silicon burning
silicon carbide
silicon carbides
silicon chip
silicon chips
silicon compounds
silicon dioxide
silicon ester
silicon germanide
silicon germanium
silicon hydride
silicon iron
silicon monoxide
silicon nitride
silicon oxide
silicon photonics
silicon planet
silicon planets

Literary usage of Silicon chip

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, T. P. Speed (2003)
"... each gene is typically represented by a set of 11-20 pairs of oligonucleotides, separately referred to as probes, arrayed on a silicon chip. ..."

2. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"Great progress has been made in the fabrication and utilization of a micro fabricated silicon chip with integrated metering capability, thermal pump, ..."

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