microchip
Tiny circuit wafer
A microchip is a tiny integrated circuit—a small piece of semiconductor material containing thousands or millions of electronic components.
Microchips power computers, phones, and countless devices.
The verb means to implant an identifying chip: We had our dog microchipped.
Often shortened to chip.
Metalloid in electronics
- waferThin crisp disk
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- photolithographyLight-transfers patterns onto silicon
etching · nanotechnology · semiconductor · gallium · substrate · dielectric · germanium · cleanroom
Combined into a whole
- processorComponent that executes instructions
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- ramAdult male sheep
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
transistor · capacitor · resistor · voltage · current · amplifier · oscillator · register
Wireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- NFCClose-proximity communication protocol
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
reader · scanner · inventory · authentication · identification · livestock · supply-chain · anti-theft
Situated under skin
- biohackingSelf-directed biological enhancement
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- biocompatibleAccepted by living tissue
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
biometrics · injectable · implantable · cybernetic · augmentation · biochip
Billionth-meter dimension
- miniaturizedReduced to tiny size
- tinyExtremely small in size
- compactTightly packed together
- nanometerMetric unit, billion-fold smaller
silicon
Metalloid in electronics
- waferThin crisp disk
- transistorSemiconductor signal switch
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
photolithography · etching · nanotechnology · semiconductor · gallium · substrate · dielectric · germanium · cleanroom · foundry
integrated
Combined into a whole
motherboard · transistor · capacitor · resistor · voltage · current · amplifier · oscillator · register · cache
RFID
Wireless identification via electromagnetic fields
- transponderSignal-activated transmitter
- tagIdentifier or classifier
- NFCClose-proximity communication protocol
contactless · reader · scanner · inventory · authentication · identification · livestock · supply-chain · anti-theft · passport
subdermal
Situated under skin
- biohackingSelf-directed biological enhancement
- cyborgOrganic-mechanical hybrid entity
- biocompatibleAccepted by living tissue
prosthesis · biometrics · injectable · implantable · cybernetic · augmentation · biochip
nanoscale
Billionth-meter dimension
- miniaturizedReduced to tiny size
- tinyExtremely small in size
- compactTightly packed together
nanometer · micron · small-scale · shrinkage · miniaturization
- trackerslocation tracker, pet tracker, car tracker, phone tracker, fitness tracker
- processorsCPU, processor, Intel Core, Pentium, core
- tiny componentstransistor, capacitor, resistor, diode, watch spring
- veterinary suppliesheartworm medicine, rabies shot, ear drops, flea drops, flea control
- Digitaldigital, computerized, digitized, bit, byte
- elettronicacomputer, smartphone, tablet, laptop, stereo
microchipvacuum tube
Evacuated electronic amplifier
abacus · triode · electron tube · valve · transistor radio
- pet microchipImplanted animal ID device
- microchip implantCircuit placed inside tissue
- microchip trackingLocating via implanted circuits