chipmaker

noun

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

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This means that the biggest beneficiaries are the companies lower in the stack, including chipmakers like NVIDIA—and Oracle, which owns and operates data centers which provide cloud infrastructure to other AI companies. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 The skyrocketing demands of AI are pushing power grids, data centers and chipmakers to their limits—and the old ways of doing things simply can't hold up much longer. Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 The forward guidance from Oracle was pulling the broader data center infrastructure trade higher, with Club chipmakers Nvidia and Broadcom soaring more than 4% and 8%, respectively. Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 The government took a roughly 10% stake in the chipmaker Intel, becoming its biggest single shareholder. John Ruwitch, NPR, 6 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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