chipmaker
noun
chip·mak·er ˈchip-ˌmā-kər 
: a manufacturer of integrated circuits
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Shares of rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, which said new licensing requirements could stop sale of one of its chips, dropped 3.7 percent. 
Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Sep. 2022 The Associated Press reported Monday that a brigade of out-of-state, blue-collar contractors likely will be needed to build the chipmaker’s mammoth, $20 billion-plus manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022 While chipmaker Astera Labs has already booked $100 million in revenues with sales of its specialist tech used to power data centers. Laura Smythe, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 That’s good news for Analog Devices, the state’s top chipmaker. Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Ford sales were hit hard by a chip disruption caused by a power surge and fire at Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics in March 2021. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2022 An extortion group known as RansomHouse claims to have stolen 450GB of data from chipmaker AMD. Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 28 June 2022 Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs. Matt Ott, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 The chipmaker has committed $80 billion in spending on new factories and engineering investments as Intel works to dig out of a technological hole and catch up with rivals. Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022 See More
Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Sep. 2022 The Associated Press reported Monday that a brigade of out-of-state, blue-collar contractors likely will be needed to build the chipmaker’s mammoth, $20 billion-plus manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2022 While chipmaker Astera Labs has already booked $100 million in revenues with sales of its specialist tech used to power data centers. Laura Smythe, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 That’s good news for Analog Devices, the state’s top chipmaker. Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Ford sales were hit hard by a chip disruption caused by a power surge and fire at Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics in March 2021. Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2022 An extortion group known as RansomHouse claims to have stolen 450GB of data from chipmaker AMD. Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 28 June 2022 Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs. Matt Ott, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 The chipmaker has committed $80 billion in spending on new factories and engineering investments as Intel works to dig out of a technological hole and catch up with rivals. Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1971, in the meaning defined above