Shear zone. A shear zone is a very important structural discontinuity surface in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. It forms as a response to inhomogeneous deformation partitioning strain into planar or curviplanar high-strain zones. Intervening (crustal) blocks stay relatively unaffected by the deformation.
A computer-on-a-chip combines the microprocessor core (CPU), memory, and I/O (input/output) lines onto one chip. The computer-on-a-chip patent, called the microcomputer patent at the time, U.S. Patent 4,074,351, was awarded to Gary Boone and Michael J. Cochran of TI.
Memory chip names and how to find replacement chips; What is a memory chip? A memory chip is an electronic component which can store a program, data or both. In this context, a program is a series of commands (command string) for a microprocessor (= computing unit). Data could consist, for instance, of temperature values taken by a temperature measurement system, or any other data.