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Perhaps so in the context of PCB assembly. In the semiconductor industry we still call them chips. So do Micron Semiconductor [1], TSMC [2] and Intel [3] [1

• pwg 6y ago
  And the usage goes back to at least August 1975 (likely earlier): http://archive.6502.org/datasheets/mos_6501-6505_mpu_preliminary_aug_1975.pdf http://archive.6502.org/datasheets/mos_6501-6505_mpu_prelimi... "but including an on-chip clock ... in addition to the on-chip clock"
  • kps 6y ago
    Two unrelated papers in AFIPS '65 use ‘chip’ in their abstracts, in the integrated circuit sense, and neither draws attention to the term. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1463891.1464005 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1463891.1464005 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1463891.1463961 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1463891.1463961