chipmaker

noun

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

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For employees at Nvidia, the chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, the financial incentives to retire are staggering, yet few are heading for the exits. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025 Convincing a big chipmaker to trust Intel with manufacturing on the new node. Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025 Some of the worst performers on the Nasdaq 100 index included chipmakers such as Broadcom and Arm Holdings, which were both down around 5%. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025 The decision comes after Trump has struck arrangements with chipmakers earlier this year, including an agreement with Nvidia and AMD to pay the US government 15% of revenues from chip sales to China. Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 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 25 Dec. 2025.

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