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chipmaker

American  
[chip-may-ker] / ˈtʃɪpˌmeɪ kər /

noun

  1. a manufacturer of electronic chips.


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Etymology

Origin of chipmaker

chip 1 + maker


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The Santa Clara-based chipmaker saw its stock plunge more than 30% Friday to roughly $62 per share after it reported a weaker fourth-quarter outlook and a slowdown in personal computer sales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the Taiwanese contract chipmaker that makes semiconductors for Nvidia among others, is reportedly eyeing a second site in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hugging Face has since been acquired by AI chipmaker Nvidia.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies drops 6.2%, and Milan-listed shares in STMicroelectronics are down 4%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

And shares in MediaTek soared nearly 10 percent after US tech giant Nvidia announced it has injected US$3.5 billion into the Taiwanese chipmaker.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

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