[sunkist2]

I would imagine a high voltage/milliamp output device would render any microchip useless.

Creative engineers will find a way around it. They may have already developed a chip that cannot be affected by outside sources - such as, what you described.

[Poohbah]

Any chip that small and that computationally powerful is going to adversely affected by ANY significant energy discharge.

[Charles Martel]

Creative engineers will find a way around it. They may have already developed a chip that cannot be affected by outside sources - such as, what you described.

No doubt these microchips will reassemble after we hack them to bits. Is a hammer considered an "outside source"?