chipmaker

noun

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

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Intel could also stand to benefit if tensions between China and Taiwan, where chip giant TSMC produces many of the world’s processors for other chipmakers, were to ratchet up, Zino said. Clare Duffy, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024 Gelsinger, who had spent most of his career at Intel before serving as CEO as VMWare, returned to the troubled chipmaker in 2021 to try to turn the company around following production snafus. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024 Topline Intel’s chief executive officer retired effective immediately, the legacy Silicon Valley stalwart announced Monday, a shakeup that follows an extended period of stock market underperformance for the semiconductor chipmaker. Derek Saul, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 Nvidia replaced Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average last month in a significant blow to the legacy chipmaker. Julia Shapero, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chipmaker 

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 17 Dec. 2024.

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