I was reading an article about a business card that has a "computer chip" to let you access certain areas of a city.
The media uses this term a lot but what the hell is a computer chip?
If the chip is inside the card was it pulled out of a computer and then placed there? Because the card is not a computer so how is it a computer chip?
Is a computer chip a microcontroller? Then why not just say so.
If its just an RFID that's not even a microcontroller ...
Is a computer chip a CPU?
Such a vague term if you ask me.
If I rip an etc off a mother board and use it is that considered a computer chip??
Or is just any IC considered a computer chip?
So a resistor array alone is a pretty useless computer chip
Or is just any IC considered a computer chip?
So a resistor array alone is a pretty useless computer chip
Yes, in my opinion the mass media most likely thinks that any integrated circuit device be best described as a 'computer chip'. It's not the worst media does in trying to communicate technical/scientific information to the general public in my opinion.
Or is just any IC considered a computer chip?
So a resistor array alone is a pretty useless computer chip
Yes, in my opinion the mass media most likely thinks that any integrated circuit device be best described as a 'computer chip'. It's not the worst media does in trying to communicate technical/scientific information to the general public in my opinion.
Lefty
Sure, it's any chip (IC) that could conceivably be used to implement a computer.
"Computer Chip" on Wikipedia takes you to Integrated Circuit, the more formal term.