addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdre-sə-bəl 
1
: able to be addressed : directly accessible
addressable registers in a computer
2
: of or relating to a subscription television system that uses decoders addressable by the system operator
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If those compounds can now be synthesized more efficiently, the total addressable market expands significantly.
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Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
That is a story about how big the addressable market for AI inference has become.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Morgan Stanley analyst Shawn Kim in a report on Monday raised his estimate for the CPU total addressable market by 25% by 2030.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Thomas sees these operational systems as representing large addressable markets with immediate demand.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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Thomas Andersen, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
That is a story about how big the addressable market for AI inference has become.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Morgan Stanley analyst Shawn Kim in a report on Monday raised his estimate for the CPU total addressable market by 25% by 2030.
—Tobias Burns, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Thomas sees these operational systems as representing large addressable markets with immediate demand.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 1 May 2026
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addressable
adjective
ad·dress·able
ə-ˈdres-ə-bəl
: able to be reached through an address
addressable registers in a computer
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