The Emergence Machine

Microchip

physical · Engineering · Level 14 · E11

E11Organizations

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A microchip emerges from the integration of millions or billions of transistors, which are semiconductor devices that amplify or switch signals by leveraging the unique properties of semiconductor materials to control the flow of electrical current within a circuit, and take the shape or arrangement that matter takes, as the particles that make up matter interact and transform in space.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “microchip” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
microchip
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L2L1L0MicrochipTransistorCircuitConductor… intermediate l…FormForceInformationLifeActionChangeMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMicrochipL14FormL2TransistorL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Form L2 (requires)
    Understanding form is essential for grasping microchip
  • Transistor L13 (requires)
    A microchip is a compact, integrated circuit containing millions or billions of transistors that process and store digital information.