Cow chips may sound strange outside of the tech world, but in fact, in your daily life, you may have already been exposed to them.
The post-80s generation must be familiar with this thing, think back to the little overlord learning machine when you were a child.
I remember back in the day when it cost a few bucks to buy one of these cartridges, and many cartridges only had one game, and then that all-in-one version came out.
In general, the familiar appearance of a chip is usually a black plastic casing with pins or pads around or at the bottom for easy soldering and replacement.
These chips are easy to disassemble and replace, and are the core components of our common electronic devices.
However, it is completely different from the cow feces chip, which looks more like a pile of black capsules, shaped like a small mound, and some people even vividly compare it to a pile of cow dung, hence its name, that is, COB (chip on board).
This kind of cow chip is unusually common in consumer electronics, such as children's toys, electronic calculators, electronic watches, and many more.
Unlike conventional chips, once the chip is damaged, the entire device can often only be discarded, which is extremely difficult to replace and repair.
Despite this, due to its obvious advantages, especially in high-volume products, the application of this kind of cow chip is very common.
For example, those cheap crane machines and affordable watches at home often have this kind of cow chip built-in.
Therefore, despite its humble appearance, cow chips play a role that cannot be ignored, silently supporting many electronic devices in our daily lives.