chipmaker

noun

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

Examples of chipmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The government has previously announced terms to support other chipmakers including Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in projects spread across the country. Josh Boak, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 The company led the speedy construction of a new fabrication facility for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on the southern island of Kyushu, bringing the project to fruition before the US government could dole out its first subsidy check to TSMC and other chipmakers for American fabs. Takashi Mochizuki, Fortune Asia, 15 Apr. 2024 The legislation gave the Commerce Department $39 billion to dole out as grants as incentives to chipmakers to construct and expand plants in the United States. Don Clark, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024 While Tech won’t be the exclusive beneficiary of the AI boom, the chipmakers and cloud data storage operators are essentially the nuts-and-bolts of AI and still have plenty of runway despite their incredible recent performance. Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Bubble territory: Markets have surged higher this year as investor enthusiasm over artificial intelligence stocks have sent chipmakers like Nvidia to all-time highs. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024 Nvidia became the first chipmaker to hit a $2 trillion market capitalization last month, having experienced rapid growth after focusing on hardware for powering AI models, like its H100 and upcoming H200 GPUs. Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024 Steve Mollenkopf, former CEO of chipmaker Qualcomm, will immediately take over as Boeing board chair and lead the search for a new chief executive, Boeing added. Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024 Thus, companies like Apple, Huawei, Nvidia, Tesla, OpenAI and others depend on the chipmaker. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024

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Word History

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 28 Apr. 2024.

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