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Noun: silicon chip
  1. Electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
    - chip, microchip, micro chip, microprocessor chip

Derived forms: silicon chips

Type of: semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit

Part of: computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

Encyclopedia: Silicon chip