silicon computer

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silicon computer

Refers to the common digital computer. The only time this term would be used is to contrast today's silicon-based computers with ancient mechanical devices, early tube-based computers or future quantum computers. See quantum computing and silicon.

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No references found			New approaches to managing heat in electronics include incorporating materials with superior thermal properties, such as graphene, into silicon computer chips. Atomic layers of graphene could keep electronics cool by Asian News International This new generation of packaging technology--blending the access capabilities and the data storage of a smart silicon computer chip with the power of a radio-frequency signal--can provide a real time picture of medication inventory and helps manufacturers, suppliers and health providers track medications through the supply chain. Improving compliance through technology by Jackson, Renard P. / Pharmaceutical Processing The university also is on the cutting edge in creating protein "biochips" that combine silicon computer ships with biological proteins. Purdue thinks small, real small by Kaelble, Steve / Indiana Business Magazine			Silicide silicide resistor silicification silicified wood silicinate silicious aggregate concrete silicious clay siliclastic Silicle silicoblast Silicoflagellata Silicoflagellida Silicoflagellidae silicomagnesiofluorite Silicomanganese Silicon Silicon Alley silicon bromide silicon bronze silicon burning silicon capacitor Silicon Carbide silicon chip silicon chloride silicon compiler silicon computer silicon controlled rectifier silicon controlled switch silicon copper silicon detector silicon diode silicon dioxide silicon disk Silicon Fingerprinting silicon fluoride Silicon Forest silicon germanium Silicon Glen Silicon Graphics, Inc. silicon halide Silicon Halides silicon homojunction silicon hydride Silicon Hydrides silicon image sensor silicon imaging device silicon monoxide silicon nitride silicon pn junction detector Silicon Prairie silicon rectifier			Silicon Avalanche Diode Silicon Avalanche Diodes Silicon Avalanche Suppression Diode Silicon Avalanche Suppressor Silicon Bilateral Switch silicon bromide silicon bronze silicon bronze silicon burning silicon capacitor silicon carbide silicon carbide silicon carbide silicon carbide Silicon Carbide Re-Inforced Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite Silicon Carbide Reinforced Aluminum Silicon Carbide Whiskers silicon chip silicon chip silicon chip silicon chip Silicon Chip Bragg Reflector silicon chips silicon chips Silicon chloride Silicon Circuit Board Silicon compiler Silicon compounds Silicon compounds Silicon compounds silicon computer Silicon Controlled Rectifier Silicon Controlled Rectifier Silicon Controlled Switch Silicon Controlled Switch Silicon Copper Silicon Copper Silicon Correlation Division silicon crystal Silicon Crystal Reflective Display Silicon Crystal Reflexive Display Silicon detector Silicon die Silicon die Silicon die Silicon diode Silicon diode Silicon diode Silicon Diode Alternating Current silicon dioxide silicon dioxide silicon dioxide silicon dioxide Silicon Directly on Insulator silicon disk Silicon Drift Detector Silicon Drift Diode Silicon Elastimeter Ablator Silicon electrical steel Silicon Epitaxial Wafer Silicon Errors in Logic - System Effects

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