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chipset

British  
/ ˈtʃɪpsɛt /

noun

  1. a highly integrated circuit on the motherboard of a computer that controls many of its data transfer functions

  2. computing the main processing circuitry on many video cards

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Despite having “great chipset and modem technology,” that multiple has been compressed to 10x, he noted.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

PsiQuantum manufactures its quantum chipset at GlobalFoundries in upstate New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 10, 2025

The heart of the Mate 60 Pro, which was subsequently obtained, dismantled and analyzed by global tech media, is a 7-nanometer chipset, the Kirin 9000S, made by China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2023

The Quest 3 also will have a new Qualcomm chipset with twice the graphics performance, Zuckerberg said, and promised more details at the company's virtual reality conference in September.

From Reuters • Jun. 1, 2023

Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak said the Pro’s always-on display is made possible “by a number of new technologies that make the display incredibly power efficient,” including multiple coprocessors within its chipset.

From The Verge • Sep. 9, 2022

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