microchip

noun

mi·cro·chip ˈmī-krō-ˌchip

: integrated circuit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Taiwan’s world-dominating microchip sector was built by TSMC’s skilled employees. —

Paul Mozur, New York Times, 11 May 2023 Her adoption fee includes her spay surgery, current vaccinations, a microchip, and a follow-up wellness exam with a VCA Animal Hospital. —

The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023 Adoption fee: $250; includes microchip with lifetime registration, vet exam. —

Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023 Krugman also pointed to the famous 1965 theory by Gordon Moore, cofounder of Intel, which stated the number of transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years—an observation that became known as Moore’s law. —

Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023 This poses severe challenges to its microchip industry, which alone supplies a majority of the world’s demand. —

Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2023 Crash wasn’t neutered and had no microchip, Cutler said, and no one came looking for him. —

Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023 Dogs must always wear the ID tag that comes with the microchip when outdoors. —

Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Mar. 2023 The city’s Central South University churns out the graduates who are advancing the technology, much as Stanford University molded the careers of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who pioneered microchips. —

Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023 See More

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