: a manufacturer of integrated circuits

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Some companies supplying the AI boom are already making money, Hayes said, pointing to memory chipmakers and Nvidia. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 For chipmakers, the practical focus of the new center is on reducing the gap between finding a promising material and proving that it can be reliably manufactured at the scale and quality required for semiconductor production. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026 Taiwan has been increasing its economic footprint in Arizona, with advanced chipmaker Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, pledging $100 billion to expand its operation in northern Phoenix. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026 Much of its growth came from SK hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chipmaker and a leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips used in artificial intelligence systems. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chipmaker

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1971, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of chipmaker was in 1971

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“Chipmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chipmaker. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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