What is made from microchips?
Microchips go straight into 27 lines, among them hearing aid, pacemaker, digital thermometer, credit card and smartphone. Follow those further and they reach 28 things in all.
How microchips are made What it is made of See it on the map
Goes straight into
- Hearing aidat Place the chip
- Pacemakerat Build the circuit board
- Digital thermometerat Wire up the electronics
- Credit cardat Mill and embed the chip
- Smartphoneat Populate the main board
- Laptopat Build the motherboard
- Televisionat Mount the circuit boards
- Solid-state driveat Place flash and controller
- Computer keyboardat Wire the controller
- Computer mouseat Assemble the sensor board
- Camera droneat Build the circuit boards
- Satelliteat Build the subassemblies
- Electric carat Wire the power electronics
- Airbagat Link the sensors and controller
- Orbital rocketat Wire up the avionics
- Smartwatchat Place and reflow chips
- Wireless earbudsat Populate the board
- Phone chargerat Place the components
- USB cableat Tin and solder the wires
- Digital cameraat Build the electronics
- Video game consoleat Build the motherboard
- Wi-Fi routerat Place and reflow chips
- E-readerat Assemble the electronics
- Inkjet printerat Populate the control board
- Graphics cardat Fabricate the graphics chip
- Remote controlat Place the components
- Electric toothbrushat Build the electronics