2006-09-14 00:17:06 · 3 answers · asked by Lai Yu Zeng 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Microchips "think" because of binary logic -- On or Off. From those little bits we can make bigger numbers, from the bigger numbers we can make "languages" that interface with humans. The chips themselves are photo-etched -- a strong light hardens metal, then an acid washes away the unwanted metal to form "wires". Different thicknesses of the "wires" form the principal components of diodes, transistors, resistors -- all in microscopic precision. The silicon glass is the base insulator -- much like the covering on ordinary wires.
2006-09-14 00:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Microchips (Integrated Circuits) "think" by utilizing Boolean Logic. (SEE: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/boolean.htm/printable )
As for Silicon, it is a Substrate, or any stratum or layer lying underneath another.
2006-09-14 07:59:22 · answer #2 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
were just like a microchip.................we need our mind to think and food to operate
2006-09-14 07:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by peng 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋