The PC chip producer referred to in the crossword solution is Intel. Intel is an American multinational technology company that specializes in the design and manufacture of computer chips, microprocessors, and other related technologies. Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphics chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing.