chipmakers
Processors' parent companies
Chipmakers are companies that design or manufacture semiconductor chips—the tiny integrated circuits that power computers, phones, and countless electronic devices.
The term appears frequently in business and technology news: Chipmakers are racing to build new fabrication plants.
Also spelled as two words: chip makers.
Semiconductor corporation from California
Thin crisp disk
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- photolithographyLight-transfers patterns onto silicon
die · node · substrate · cleanroom · foundry · yield · deposition · implantation
Metalloid in electronics
semiconductor · dielectric · photoresist · copper · tungsten · sapphire · compound · dopant
Semiconductor signal switch
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
- CPUMain computing chip
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- ASICSingle-purpose microchip
memory · cache · logic · controller · sensor · amplifier · regulator · diode
Product delivery infrastructure
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- fabSlang for excellent
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
exports · tariffs · sanctions · geopolitics · competition · market share · consolidation · investment
Intel
Semiconductor corporation from California
wafer
Thin crisp disk
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- etchingAcid-incised metal print
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
photolithography · die · node · substrate · cleanroom · foundry · yield · deposition · implantation · diffusion
silicon
Metalloid in electronics
crystal · semiconductor · dielectric · photoresist · copper · tungsten · sapphire · compound · dopant · p-type
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- microprocessorCompact computing circuit
- CPUMain computing chip
- GPUVisual processing hardware
ASIC · memory · cache · logic · controller · sensor · amplifier · regulator · diode · capacitor
supply chain
Product delivery infrastructure
outsourcing · exports · tariffs · sanctions · geopolitics · competition · market share · consolidation · investment · subsidy