chipmaker

noun

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

Examples of chipmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Intel’s funding from the act was announced by the U.S. Department of Commerce on Wednesday (Mar. 20), and will support the chipmaker’s plans to expand its U.S. semiconductor presence with chipmaking plants in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon over the next 5 years. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024 There’s a whole web of companies that play an important role in enabling the leading-edge and mature chipmakers to make the tiny pieces of silicon that go into our phones, fridges and washing machines. Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 Mar. 2024 The first of several Arizona facilities will be operational by the end of this year, the official added, and the chipmaker expects construction to finish in late 2026 in Ohio. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024 Monster gains in shares of tech giants, particularly US chipmaker Nvidia, have propelled all three major indexes to all-time highs. Krystal Hur, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 Meantime, companies like Nvidia and other chipmakers have emerged as the growth stock darlings. Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Dell’s wealth has also received a boost from chipmaker Broadcom Inc. Vernal Galpotthawela, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024 The chipmaker’s shares soared about 20% in the two sessions following the earnings announcement on Wednesday, propelling Nvidia's market capitalization beyond the $1.9 trillion mark. Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2024 The Biden administration is mulling fresh sanctions on several Chinese tech companies, including memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc., while pushing allies to do more to curb the export of advanced tech to China, Bloomberg has reported in recent days. Andreo Calonzo, Fortune Asia, 11 Mar. 2024

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Word History

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 28 Mar. 2024.

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