Although semiconductors and microchips are essential components of modern computers, many people do not realize that computing machinery does not really need to be constructed with components that are normally associated with electronic equipment. In...

The building block of the computer revolution in the 1970s and the basis of today's multibillion-dollar computer industry is the computer chip. Usually about one-third of an inch square, these chips are the "brains" critical to many sophisticated and...

Microchip can also refer to: Integrated circuit, a set of electronic components on a single unit. Microchip Technology, a company that makes popular 8, 16 and 32-bit microcontroller lines. Microchip implant (animal), a microchip implanted into animals....

CityWatcher.com, a provider of surveillance equipment, attracted little notice itself _ until a year ago, when two of its employees had glass-encapsulated microchips with miniature antennas embedded in their forearms.The "chipping" of two workers with RFIDs _ radio frequency identification tags as long as two...

Here's a vision of the not-so-distant future:_Microchips with antennas will be embedded in virtually everything you buy, wear, drive and read, allowing retailers and law enforcement to track consumer items — and, by extension, consumers — wherever they go, from a distance._A seamless, global network...

If showing a profit in each of the past 66 quarters wasn't enough to establish its bona fides, Microchip Technology recently capped the accomplishment with a couple of company firsts: It topped $1 billion in yearly sales and took the lead in 8-bit microcontrollers. In...

EDITOR'S NOTE — This is the third story in an occasional series on the growing industry of radio frequency identification technology and its impact on business, government, health and personal privacy in America.By TODD LEWANAP National WriterHere's a vision of the not-so-distant future:_Microchips with antennas...