Chipów
Chipów is the Polish genitive plural form of the loanword chip, used to refer to microchips or integrated circuits in technical and everyday language. The term appears mainly in contexts about electronics and computing, where phrases such as chipów pamięci (memory chips) or chipów procesorowych (processor chips) are common. In formal technical writing, the classic Polish term for these components is układ scalony (plural: układy scalone), while chip remains a widespread colloquial and marketing-friendly alternative.
Chip originates from English, meaning a small piece or fragment. In Polish, it was adopted to designate
The concept of chips covers memory chips, processor chips, graphics chips, and other integrated circuits used
In everyday language, chip is widely understood and frequently used, while układ scalony remains the standard