chipmaker
Noun
Meaning
chipmaker (plural chipmakers)
A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips.
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Examples
David Davis, a former chairman of the Conservative Party, prompted the government to intervene in April to stop the government-controlled China Reform Holdings from buying out the leading British graphics chipmaker Imagination Technologies.
Alyson Griffin, vice president of global marketing at Intel Corp., tells eMarketer how the technology company uses marketing to reinforce that it's much more than a chipmaker.
Alyson Griffin, vice president of global marketing at Intel Corp., tells eMarketer how the technology company uses social media marketing to reinforce that it's much more than a chipmaker.
Chinese chipmaker SMIC was earlier added to a US defence blacklist.
Earlier this week, industry research site Gartner said Intel has reclaimed its position as the world’s largest chipmaker.
But American companies with extensive global operations, including Microsoft Corp. and chipmaker Micron Technology Inc., found legal ways around the ban, leaning on production outside the U.S. so Huawei-destined products wouldn’t be hit.