chipmaker

noun

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

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The chipmaker's market capitalization is now $3.77 trillion, inching ahead of Microsoft and Apple. Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 26 June 2025 Even Taiwan and the People’s Republic of China are finding common cause, along with predictable parts of the tech sector including chipmakers and wireless providers. Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 June 2025 The chipmaker had 108,900 employees at the end of 2024. Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 17 June 2025 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, which supplies Apple and AI giant Nvidia, had produced microchips for Huawei until 2020, when the first Trump administration effectively banned it from supplying the Chinese company. John Liu, CNN Money, 16 June 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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