chipmaker

noun

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

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Another company that saw its shares jump 15% was Qualcomm, after the chipmaker raised its forecasts for non-handset revenue in fiscal 2029 to $40 billion, nearly doubling its previous projection of $22 billion. Lim Hui Jie,leonie Kidd, CNBC, 25 June 2026 Shares of chipmakers and other technology companies had been hammered in recent days on fears that a spending boom was faltering. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Other employers involved in the project include UPS, General Motors, Eli Lilly, Mastercard, chipmaker AMD, Cisco and IBM. ABC News, 25 June 2026 The South Korean chipmaker has outperformed rivals, including compatriot Samsung, to control much of the global memory-chip market; fellow memory giant Micron recently posted a 15-fold profit surge. Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 June 2026 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 27 Jun. 2026.

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