embedded microchips

1. These microprocessors are located in many products, ranging from refrigerators to cars. They sense the operation of the device and adjust it for optimal performance. In essence, they are minicomputers inside the products themselves.

Example Sentences

Last week’s revelation, in a Bloomberg news report, that China might have embedded microchips in the hardware used by America’s leading tech firms, should be no surprise.

From The Guardian

While much of Pence's alarm-sounding is politically motivated — after all, this executive branch is infamously xenophobic — the proposition that China is covertly spying on U.S. corporations via embedded microchips is being widely reported, though many corporations who were targeted deny that they were affected.

From Salon

Ben Libberton, a microbiologist at Stockholm’s Karolinska Institute, says hackers could conceivably gain huge swathes of information from embedded microchips.

From Seattle Times

The plan, according to city legislation released on Tuesday, would allow horses to be tracked using embedded microchips.

From New York Times

Loren has been following the switch to new and improved "smart" credit cards with embedded microchips and has a request about retailers:

From Los Angeles Times