chipmaker

noun

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

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Their worry, in turn, is that chipmakers and derivative data center stocks would get hurt. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 7 May 2025 Shares of the chipmaker are higher by 2% in premarket. Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 The chipmaker also collects fees calculated as a percentage of the cost of a handset regardless of whether the phone maker uses its chips. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 May 2025 The United States relies heavily on chips imported from Taiwan, something then-President Joe Biden sought to reverse by granting billions in Chips Act awards to lure chipmakers to expand production in the country. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 14 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.

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