First, we’ll discuss what functions the chip must possess at a minimum. We’ve shown that the chip can’t be larger than 10nm on a side if it is to escape detection.
Chip Functional Units
The chip needs power to do whatever it’s going to do. A battery can’t supply remotely enough power, even using the entire chip volume as the battery. Maybe a power converter can. It would take power from the patient, but it can’t take so much that the patient notices it.
The chip can’t send or receive signals. If the GWF wants to monitor the population, then the chips have to send out signals. If the GWF wants to control the population, then the chips have to receive signals. For somewhat overlapping reasons, the chips can’t do either.
The chip needs a detector if it’s going to monitor the patients. Assuming the GWF wants to monitor the patients, it will need something to measure whatever it is the GWF wants to monitor. But the chip is too small to fit any sort of detector.
The chip will need memory for just about everything. This includes program instructions and program data. With only 2 bytes, there won’t be enough to do anything.
A microcontroller to perform the chip’s duties. Whatever it is that the chip is supposed to do, the microcontroller is the thing that does it. But no useful microcontroller will fit in a 10nm cubic chip.