chipster en · NOUN
Etymology
From chip + -ster.
Meanings
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(informal) A microchip manufacturer.
Every two or three years, the chipsters managed to quadruple the number of transistors per chip.
1995, SouthWest Organizing Project, Intel Inside New Mexico, page 5:Computerworld The PC chipsters, such as Motorola and Intel, plan to compete with themselves by shipping aggressively priced and powered reduced instruction set computing (RISC) chips.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chipsters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |