Microchips

Microchips

Type	Crafted material
State	Unit
Transported by	Flat Conveyor [II•III] Pickup•Truck
Stored in	Unit Storage [II•III•IV] Shipyard
Created in	Microchip Machine Microchip Machine II
Used in	None

Microchips are a complex, late game item made in the Microchip Machine or its upgrade. While not being used for any buildings in themselves, they are an ingredient in making [[Electronics III], which in turn are used for many important late-game items such as Lab Equipment IV and Maintenance III

Microchips are notable for having a lengthy production chain of 12 intermediate products, beginning with Silicon Wafers and ending with Microchips Stage 4 B, which are used to craft microchips themselves. Each stage is built in the microchip machine using the preceding stage and a small amount of Water and Acid, Copper and Plastic, or Gold, in that order, and repeating for four full rotations, for a total of 12 stages.

Each stage operates at the same rate, consuming and producing 6 (or 18 for the Microchip Machine II) of each microchip stage, while consuming 2 (or 6) of the intermediate product(s) added. The final stage is especially efficient, producing 12 (or 36) microchips.

The twelve stages, along with the items needed to craft them, are:

Microchip Stages

Stage	Item to Craft
Silicon Wafer	Water + Silicon
1A	Water + Acid
1B	Copper + Plastic
1C	Gold
2A	Water + Acid
2B	Copper + Plastic
2C	Gold
3A	Water + Acid
3B	Copper + Plastic
3C	Gold
4A	Water + Acid
4B	Copper + Plastic
Microchip	Gold

Recipes

Below are all the recipes which contain this item. Note that some of them may be locked behind Research and not immediately available in your game.

Production

Tier I

:

3

6

1

2

30 

60 

6

12

Tier II

:

6

18

2

6

20 

60 

12

36

Consumption

:

2

3

4

6

40 

60 

2

3

:

2

6

4

12

20 

60 

2

6