chipmaker

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noun

A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.

UncommonScrabble 22

Meanings

nounchipmaker (plural chipmakers)

plural chipmakers

  1. A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.

    Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets executives of major global chipmakers ahead of a G7 summit.

    2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business
    2 more examples

    On Monday, chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) cut its sales outlook for the fourth quarter, citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” Last week, Intel’s (INTC) CEO also noted that “trade and macro concerns, especially in China, have intensified.”

    2019 January 28, Seth Fiegerman, “Apple earnings: How low can iPhone sales go?”, in CNN Business

    Nvidia, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, said on Monday that it would invest $100 billion in OpenAI, a deal that will allow the start-up behind ChatGPT to use the chipmaker’s artificial intelligence semiconductors inside its data centers.

    2025 September 22, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, “Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*kippōną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
  3. Old English*ċippian
  4. Old Englishċipp
  5. Middle Englishchippe
  6. Englishchip
  7. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  9. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  10. Old Englishmacian
  11. Middle Englishmaken
  12. Middle Englishmaker
  13. Englishmaker
  14. Englishchipmaker

From chip + maker.

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