silicon chip

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Looking at a graph of chip development, Moore extended the line forward 10 years and predicted that by 1975 there would be 65,000 transistors on a single silicon chip.

From Los Angeles Times

For much of the last year, the rising price of oil has outpaced the value of businesses based on silicon chips.

From New York Times

This field, aptly called “power electronics,” is changing quickly as engineers switch to power-control devices based not on silicon chips but on new materials that handle electricity more quickly and efficiently.

From New York Times

While the transistor-based silicon chip has increased computing power exponentially over past decades as transistors have reached the width of several atoms, shrinking them further is challenging.

From Reuters

The conveyor belt that normally delivers goods to consumers suffers from shortages of port capacity, truck drivers, warehouse space and more, and a shortage of silicon chips is crimping production of many goods, especially cars.

From New York Times