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Microchip systems within supercomputers are intricate arrangements of integrated circuits that form the computational heart of these powerful machines. These microchips, composed of semiconductor materials like silicon, house millions to billions of transistors to process and manage vast amounts of data simultaneously. The design of these microchip architectures is optimized for parallel processing, enabling the execution of numerous computations in parallel, enhancing computational speed and efficiency. Advanced supercomputers often employ specialized accelerators and coprocessors alongside traditional CPUs in their microchip designs to handle specific tasks such as complex simulations or artificial intelligence workloads. The synergy between microchip design and the overall supercomputer architecture is critical for achieving peak performance in scientific, research, and data-intensive applications.