Chipzilla is basically a
pejorative name for the giant
chip manufacturer
Intel.
It is
not invented by
Mike Magee of theRegister/theInquirer, but he is the man that made it popular. Mike himself gives the credit to
Terry Shannon, editor of
Shannon knows Compaq.
The name Chipzilla is, of course, inspired by the multi-billion dollar flick
Godzilla, referring to the size of Intel.
See also
La Intella,
chimpzilla and
graphzilla.