chipmaker

A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.

Noun

  1. A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.
    • 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...
    • 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:
    • 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...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kippōną Proto-West Germanic *kippōn Old English *ċippiander. Old English ċipp Middle English chippe English chip Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English chipmaker From chip + maker.

Forms

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