Chilling Out with Integrated Circuits

What Makes Our Gadgets Smart?; What Exactly is an IC?; Meet the Microchip!; Inside the Chip: A Miniature City; The Silicon Base: From Sand to Smart; Tiny Switches: Transistors; Controlling Flow: Resistors; Storing Energy: Capacitors; Connecting All the Parts; The Protective Shell; Talking to the World: Pins; What Do ICs Actually Do?; Processing Information; Making Decisions; Remembering Things; Sending and Receiving Signals; Different Jobs, Different Chips; Why Are ICs So Important?; Making Things Smaller; Making Things Faster; Making Things Cheaper; ICs in Your Phone; ICs All Around Us; Your IC Knowledge Check!; The Future of ICs