Meanings
plural chipmakers
- 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 Business2 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 BusinessNvidia, 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
- Proto-Germanic*kippōną
- Proto-West Germanic*kippōn
- Old English*ċippian
- Old Englishċipp
- Middle Englishchippe
- Englishchip
- Proto-Germanic*makaz
- Proto-West Germanic*mak
- Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
- Old Englishmacian
- Middle Englishmaken
- Middle Englishmaker
- Englishmaker
- Englishchipmaker
Cite this entry
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