acompanythatmanufactureschipsthat are used incomputersand otherelectronicequipment:Chipmakers arepredictingthatprofitswill belowerthanexpectedbecause offallingprices.(Definition ofchipmakerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofchipmaker
chipmakerThe chipmaker's $700 million offering of convertible notes also priced, with the initial conversion price at $8 per share.FromCNBCAdd it all up and there are only a few chipmakers left standing.FromThe AtlanticInstead, chipmakers started to put the transistors toward more cores--essentially additional complete, independent processors from the perspective of software.FromCNETThere's another potential risk for chipmakers and, by extension, their suppliers.FromBloombergThe world's biggestchipmakersaid it will cut 12,000 jobs, or 11 percent of its global workforce, by the middle of next year.FromCNETTypically, though, the chipmakers are able to deliver the new hooks within a month or two.FromGizmodoThe chipmakers are playing catch-up with their customers.FromWiredThat's going to continue, but chipmakers predict companies focused on other areas also will jump into the market.FromCNETBut thechipmakerhopes he starts showing up at a few more board meetings.FromCNBCThe chipmaker's investment values the startup, expected to go public later this year, at about $4.1 billion.FromReutersOver the past few years, the world's biggestchipmakerhas been buying up companies to help make its chips smarter.FromWIREDThechipmaker, whose shares hit a multiyear low today, has been struggling of late.FromCNETThechipmakerreported earnings of 59 cents per share on revenues of $13.53 billion.FromCNBCNo matter how the market shapes up, the chipmakers agree on one key thing: wearables are almost certainly going to shake up our lives in the years to come.FromCNETTop-quality engineers are hard to come by for chipmakers and other technology companies, and losing them can have a major impact on business, regardless of their seniority.FromReutersThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/chipmaker##
