The phrase "as semiconductor makers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to individuals or companies involved in the production of semiconductors, often in a comparative or descriptive context.
Example: "As semiconductor makers, they play a crucial role in the technology supply chain."
Alternatives: "as chip manufacturers" or "as microchip producers".
A designer of high-speed memory chips, Rambus Inc., won a ruling yesterday by a Federal Trade Commission judge that might help it reap as much as $3 billion a year from semiconductor makers.
As companies begin expensing, investors can expect the largest impact to be felt in technology, biotech, support services, telecom equipment and some telecom services, semiconductor makers and equipment manufacturers, as well as financial services firms.
[A23.] Chip Makers Lead Shares Higher Stocks rose, led by semiconductor makers, as investors bet that technology shares would weather a slowing economy.
Texas Instruments' quarterly profit rose 42% as the semiconductor maker benefited from lower inventory levels among customers and robust demand for chips in a variety of new electronic gadgets.
Qualcomm is a particularly interesting example, too — it's best known as a semiconductor maker, a chip slinger whose wares are obscured by shells of plastic and metal, but its new TOQ smartwatch is slowly making its way out to media outlets and average joe consumers in exchange for $350.
Nichia says Asian semiconductor makers such as Epistar and Everlight copied its patents and started cranking out the diodes on the cheap.
The company is a virtual corporation in that it doesn't manufacture anything but makes money on royalties from its proprietary technology that semiconductor makers such as Cirrus, NEC, Samsung and Toshiba use to hook up transistors in their chips.
So far, Aware already has relationships with many other blue chip semiconductor makers, such as NEC nipny, privately held Infineon, Lucent Microelectronics lu and Analog Devices adi, but Intel would be the trophy catch.
Semiconductor makers are rallying as chip prices rise in tandem with demand for PCs.
