chipmaker
English
Etymology
Noun
chipmaker (plural chipmakers)
- A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.
- 2019 January 28, Seth Fiegerman, “Apple earnings: How low can iPhone sales go?”, in CNN Business[1]:
- 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.”
- 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business[2]:
- Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets executives of major global chipmakers ahead of a G7 summit.
- 2025 September 22, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, “Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI”, in The New York Times[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- 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.
Coordinate terms
Translations
company that manufactures integrated circuit chips