chipmaker

noun

chip·​mak·​er ˈchip-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce chipmaker (audio)
: a manufacturer of integrated circuits

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Elsewhere Wednesday on Wall Street , AMD was downgraded by HSBC to reduce from buy, citing strong competition in artificial intelligence from other chipmakers. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025 Shares of the chipmaker gained 3.5% Monday, but slid by the same amount Tuesday morning. Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Other companies on the list include Chinese tech giant Huawei, chipmakers SMIC and YMTC, and drone manufacturer DJI. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 7 Jan. 2025 Sparking the surge is the chipmaker's unveiling of its GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop and laptop GPUs — its most advanced consumer graphics processor units for gamers, creators and developers. CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for chipmaker 

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First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chipmaker was in 1971

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“Chipmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chipmaker. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.

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