"integrated circuit," 1975, from micro- + chip (n.1).

small semiconductor with electrical circuits that carry information.

See: chip.

Also referred to as Chip or Silicon Chip. Invented in 1958 by Jack St. Clair Kilby, while he was working at Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas: http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/kilbyctr/jackstclair.shtml. An [..]

(n) electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit

Dogs must be identified by a microchip that can be read by an Avid, Trovan, Destron or other ISO compatible reader.

A tiny electronic integrated circuit.

Also designated as Chip or Silicon Chip. Also often designated as IC (Integrated Circuit) even the Microchip is the material, IC is the electronic device carried by the microchip. The microchip is a small sheet of semiconductor material which is the carrier for the integrated circuit, the microelectronic device. Because microchips almost exclusivel [..]

A rice-sized device encoded with a unique and unalterable number. The chip is implanted just under the skin in the scruff of the neck and is read by a scanner.

A rice-sized device encoded with a unique and unalterable number. The chip is implanted just under the skin in the scruff of the neck and is read by a scanner.

a tiny device that's injected in the scruff of the neck and holds personal information about the pet permanently.

A device holding personal information about the pet which is injected into the scruff of the animal’s neck. See our guide to microchipping for more information.

A valid electronic identification microchip is mandatory for international pet transport. Microchips must store a sequence of 15 unique numbers and comply with Australian ISO 11785 standards.

A microchip is a small semiconductor module of packaged computer circuitry that serves a specific role in relation to other microchips in a computer hardware system. It also refers to the small wafer [..]