1. microchip - Noun
2. microchip - Verb
electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit
Source: WordNetA DLP chip is a postage stamp-sized microchip whose surface is an array of millions of microscopic mirrors. Source: Internet
A name plate has been mounted on the rover’s robot arm and all 155 semifinalist names and essays, etched on a microchip, will be sent to Mars as well. Source: Internet
An independent microchip inside her artificial brain handles gesture expression, body coordination, and emotion expression. Source: Internet
Dogs Trust, meanwhile, is urging the public to avoid buying dogs or puppies if a microchip number is not present on an advert. Source: Internet
Disadvantages Many "intelligent" ink cartridges contain a microchip that communicates the estimated ink level to the printer; this may cause the printer to display an error message, or incorrectly inform the user that the ink cartridge is empty. Source: Internet
A somewhat different implementation was demonstrated at Pennsylvania State University using a microchip which generated a pair of perpendicular standing surface acoustic waves allowing to position particles equidistant to each other on a grid. Source: Internet