Whats inside micro chips (silicon)?

Question

The basic function for like a micro chip is to erm give the signal, 1 or 0 right? so like whats acutlaly inside these chips? how do they work?

Answer 1

A computer chip is made of millions of transistors. Here's what a single transistor looks like, magnified many times:
http://library.thinkquest.org/3308/transistor.jpg

This Java applet describes how transistors are manufactured, then lets you play with one, controlling the gate voltage.
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/transistor/index.html

The output of one transistor can be connected to the gates of one or more other transistors, allowing the building of logic circuits with specialized function.