chipmaker

noun

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

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Elsewhere Monday on Wall Street, Wells Fargo raised its price target on Nvidia to $220, implying 20% upside , after the chipmaker reportedly agreed to give the U.S. government 15% of revenue from some chip sales to China in exchange for an export license to the country. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2025 To do that, the cash-poor chipmaker needs a hand from its wealthy customers—Apple, Broadcom, Google, Nvidia, and Microsoft among them. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2025 Shares of Intel slumped Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign. Michelle Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025 Shares in Nvidia had tumbled as much as 37% from January to April as the chipmaker wrestled with DeepSeek fears and US-China trade tensions. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chipmaker

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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 20 Aug. 2025.

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