chipmaker

noun

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

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Futures tied to the broad market index and Nasdaq 100 are taking another leg down this morning, led lower by chipmakers. Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 June 2026 The chipmaker will deploy 3 gigawatts of computing power for Meta through the end of 2028. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 June 2026 Tokyo climbed more than 2%, helped by a more than 11% surge in chipmaker Tokyo Electron, while Advantest also jumped. Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 3 June 2026 Last year Fortune reported that two of Nvidia’s C-Suite had become billionaires thanks to the soaring stock of the chipmaker (up 63% over the past year). Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 June 2026 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 5 Jun. 2026.

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