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Tech innovations, dissected.

Microchips to Wi-Fi—breakthroughs, inventors, aha moments.

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How the Tiny Microchip Changed the World — From Space to Smartphones

Two inventors, one breakthrough: the integrated circuit. From Apollo to iPhone, microchips packed billions of transistors into fingernail space. C1 explains photolithography, Moore’s Law and chip limits; C2 hits supply-chain shocks and future paths (quantum, 3D stacking, neuromorphic). Respect the chip.