chipmaker en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English chip Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English chipmaker From chip + maker.
Meanings
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A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.
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.
2025 September 22, Tripp Mickle, Cade Metz, “Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets executives of major global chipmakers ahead of a G7 summit.
2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business: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.”
2019 January 28, Seth Fiegerman, “Apple earnings: How low can iPhone sales go?”, in CNN Business:
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