Chip is a general term for semiconductor component products (carrier on integrated circuit), integrated circuit English: integrated circuit, abbreviated as IC; Or microcircuit, microchip, wafer/chip, in electronics is a way of miniaturizing circuits (mainly including semiconductor devices, but also including passive components, etc.), and often fabricated on the surface of semiconductor wafers. What the chip does: It controls everything from computers to cell phones to digital microwave ovens. Although the cost of designing and developing a complex integrated circuit is very high, the cost of each integrated circuit is minimized when spread across typically millions of products. The performance of an integrated circuit is high because the small size results in a short path, allowing low power logic circuits to be used at fast switching speeds.