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Microchip Technology offers a wide range of hardware, software and tools for embedded applications, such as microcontrollers, FPGAs, silicon carbide and more. Explore their products, solutions and services for IoT, e-mobility, ADAS, edge computing and more.
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- What Is A Microchip?
- How Microchips Are Made
- Uses of The Microchip
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A microchip is a set of interconnected electronic components, including transistors and resistors, that are etched or imprinted onto a tiny chip of semiconducting material, such as silicon or germanium. Microchips are generally used for the logic component of a computer, known as the microprocessor, or for the computer memory, also known as RAM chi...
Microchips are built layer by layer on a wafer of semiconductormaterial, like silicon. The layers are built by a process called photolithography, which uses chemicals, gases, and light. First, a layer of silicon dioxide is deposited on the surface of the silicon wafer, then that layer is covered with a photoresist. A photoresist is a light-sensitiv...
Microchips are used in many electrical devices besides computers. In the 1960s, the Air Force used microchips to build the Minuteman II missile. NASA purchased microchips for its Apollo project. Today, microchips are used in smartphonesthat allow people to use the internet and have a telephone video conference. Microchips are also used in televisio...
Jack Kilbyholds patents on more than 60 inventions and is also well known as the inventor of the portable calculator in 1967. In 1970, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Born on November 8, 1923, in Jefferson City, Missouri, Kilby was raised in Great Bend, Kansas, and earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinoi...
Learn about the history and technology of microchips, the tiny electronic circuits that power many devices. Find out who invented the microchip and how it works.
- Mary Bellis
Microchip Technology Incorporated is a publicly listed American corporation that manufactures microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits.
Nov 22, 2023 · Learn how the microchip evolved from a concept to a key element in nearly all modern technology, tracing over half a century of technological transformation. Explore the milestones, challenges, and impact of microchip history, from transistors to smartphones.
- Robin Mitchell
A microchip -- also called a chip, computer chip or integrated circuit ( IC) -- is a unit of integrated circuitry that is manufactured at a microscopic scale using a semiconductor material, such as silicon or, to a lesser degree, germanium.
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A microchip is a tiny transponder the size of a grain of rice. It is a permanent identification system that is implanted under your pet's skin and read by a microchip scanner. It is strongly recommended that microchips conform to ISO (International Standards Organisation) standards 11784 or 11785.
A microchip (also called a chip, a computer chip, an integrated circuit or IC) is a set of electronic circuits on a small flat piece of silicon. On the chip, transistors act as miniature electrical switches that can turn a current on or off.
