chipmaker

noun

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

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The company has made big deals in recent weeks with Oracle and SoftBank, its partners on a data center venture called Stargate, and with chipmaker Nvidia, which makes the specialized AI chips those data centers need. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025 The company’s multiple backings have helped the troubled chipmaker bounce back after shares hit the lowest in over a decade earlier this year. Jaures Yip, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025 Intel is in early-stage talks to add AMD as a customer at Intel’s factories, in what would be another vote of confidence in the struggling chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025 For chipmakers Nvidia and AMD, meanwhile, the demand was for a slice of future profits. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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